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(STN Podcast E312) Student Transportation Never Sleeps: AI, Bathroom Breaks & Elephants

School Transportation Nation – Episode 312

Summer plans, school bus driver fatigue, diesel dominance and a student transportation safety reminder after an elephant killed a mother walking to school with her kids in India.

Director of Transportation Richard Jimenez shares why AI is not something to fear and how he leverages it in his operations at Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in Southern California. He will participate in a panel on the topic at STN EXPO West this July.

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