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With Schools Consolidating, Corning-Painted Post Rolls Out New Bus Routes Written by Derrick EkAugust 26, 2014From The Leader - Corning, NY  Devising ways to get 4,300 students to school and back in a district that covers 238 square miles is never an easy task, even in an ordinary year, says Larry Eccleston, director of  transportation for the Corning-Painted Post School District.  But this isn’t an ordinary year, as the closing of the two old middle schools and the [...]

Fort Bend ISD names new transportation director From yourfortbendnews.com - Houston, TXAugust 25, 2014  The Fort Bend ISD Board of Trustees approved Michael Brassfield as the district’s new director of transportation at its Aug. 11 special called meeting. Brassfield has more than 30 years of experience in transportation, and as a former assistant director of transportation, is no stranger to Fort Bend ISD.  Brassfield most recently served as coordinator of transportation in [...]

Technology Streamlines Bus Routes By Brenden West, Assistant EditorSaturday, August 9, 2014 The Clinton Herald, Clinton, IA  CLINTON — Transfinder technology allows school districts the ability to globally track their buses. The software is currently used in six Iowa districts, including the North Scott district.  Now, the Clinton Community School District will employ the technology. Scott Clark, the new transportation director charged with overseeing all bus routes, said it [...]

Schenectady, NY – July 31, 2014 – Transfinder, a software company based in Schenectady, N.Y., achieved record revenue for the first half of 2014.  Total sales were up 23 percent year-over-year for the first six months ended June 30, 2014. President and CEO Antonio Civitella said he expected Transfinder to beat last year’s record-revenue mark of $8.6 million, adding that the company was poised to surpass $10 million in revenue for the year. 2013 marked the 14th consecutive [...]

Schenectady, NY – July 7, 2014 – Transfinder Corp. is hosting for the first time representatives from a dozen school districts this week for an intensive training program called Transfinder University.  Transfinder clients are coming from as far as New Mexico, Ohio and Indiana for three days of instruction to better understand Transfinder’s suite of bus routing software in advance of the first day of school. Transfinder develops software used by more than 1,500 school [...]