Alyssa Thornley
Alyssa Thornley has spent her career working to support schools and communities in providing opportunity to all students. In positions as a teacher, professional development coordinator, and as a volunteer, she has focused on the community’s role in education, and in designing efficient programs that work for diverse needs. Alyssa leads TransACT’s customer engagement and market strategy efforts, and works to ensure innovative programs, guidance, and thought leadership from across the country’s districts are being shared and spread.
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Travel Tracker - Routing Makes Student Ridership Safer with Visual Alerts Via Tablets
Travel Tracker – Routing makes student transportation safer by giving bus drivers control so they know who is boarding the bus, when and at what bus stop.
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Travel Tracker- Routing: The Strongest Solution for Back to School
With a new school year underway, students are back on the school bus and in the classroom. As the pandemic continues, school bell schedules are staggered, school closures occur, and bus route planning fluctuates.
read moreAdverse to Technology in Your District? What to Look for in a Software Provider
When considering new education technology for any department in a school district, it’s best to have a well-thought-out introduction. New software often drives amendments to old processes and requires a significant amount of adaptation on
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Is it time to modernize your bus routing software?
Some say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day...” but if the 2020-2021 school year taught us anything, it is circumstances can change quickly and adapting to change requires the right tools.
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Establishing a Data Driven Facility Department
School system administrators have been utilizing data to promote school improvement for some time now. Data such as test scores can help administrators establish baselines for performance, and pro-actively respond to areas that need targeted support
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