Allison Drake, Sam Matthews, Addi Quintilian & Emily St. Amour

1. LAKOTA Allison Drake, Sam Matthews, Addi Quintilian & Emily St. Amour Transportation to your Destination

2. Problem Statement/Solution LAKOTA • Problem Statement: The biggest problem in Lakota is transportation. • Our three solutions are: Redistricting, re-routing buses, and making students within a 1 mile radius of the school walk.

3. Sources of Assistance L A K O T A • One source of assistance is http://www.lakotaonline.com/students.cfm?subpage=375because it helped us understand the main issues and possible solutions. • Another source of assistance are volunteers that would monitor and take care of students that walk to school. • General Warehousing, Road Transportation Support Services, would be a source of assistance because it would supply the buses and help coordinate rerouting and redistricting. Also they can help us evaluate our plan by taking surveys. • Also parents might be able to help by driving car pools and encouraging their kids to walk to school.

4. Resistance L A K O T A • 1. It is possible that guardians or children, may not want to walk or ride a bike to school. (For safety and time consuming reasons) • 2. Guardians and children may also not want to change schools. (Not wanting to leave friends or parents may not like the new school as much) • 3.Children and their guardians may run into transportation problems from getting to and from school. (Guardians’ work schedules and activities) • 4. Students and guardians may not like the longer bus rides that may come from rerouting buses. (To much time spent on busses)

5. Solving Oppositions LAKOTA • 1. Walking or riding a bike to school would help Lakota save money by eliminating buses. Riding bikes and walking would make Lakota more eco friendly. • 2. Redistricting students would save money on buses by eliminating buses and making shorter routes. Also this would make Lakota more environmentally friendly and could save time. • 3. Carpooling with neighbors and switching off driving days to meet peoples schedules. This would help Lakota’s busing routes and the environment by buses having to pick up less students. • 4. Having more people on a buss eliminates buses and is a better use of the bus’ route. Also this could make Lakota more eco friendly.

6. Action Plan (To be continued…) LAKOTA • One way to measure the effectiveness of our plan is to take surveys from the teachers, students, and parents involved in our plan. • SHORT-TERM GOALS: • Re-route buses • Reduce buses • Redistrict • LONG-TERM GOALS: • Reduce Lakota’s deficit • Make Lakota more “eco-friendly” • FUN FACTS: • 1 bus can hold 48 adults • It takes $70,000 to run 1 bus (this is the same cost to hire one teacher)

7. Action Plan (…continued) L A KO T A • OUR PLAN: • Paint walkways in neighborhoods within 1 mile of the school • Recruit volunteers to monitor walkways • Make announcements to students and parents • Slowly remove buses • After 2 months, give a survey to teachers, students, and guardians to see if they like or dislike our plan • Map out routes that would be the shortest and most effective • Give bus drivers the new routes • Ask bus drivers to time their current routes • Change bus routes • Ask bus drivers to time their new routes • Map out ranges for each school • Estimate each schools new student population and add or subtract students from schools that have too much or not enough • Release redistricting plan • Make a website that will tell the students and guardians what school they will be attending • Redistrict students

8. Pros and Cons L AK O T A • Pros • Saves money • Makes Lakota more “eco-friendly” • Helps children stay healthy (with more students walking, it would keep more children healthy) • It will not effect the students education or learning abilities • Cons • Parents/Guardians might get upset that their children are walking to school or having to attend another school • Costs money at first, but saves money later

9. LAKOTA Thank You for your time and undivided attention throughout our presentation.