PROBLEM  ISSUE Exercise Answer sheet for trainer
1) PROBLEM: Illegal passing by vehicles of school busses waing to pick up/drop o$
children.
• Over 15,000 violaons. Some injuries and deaths over the years.
• Safety of bus stops
2) Research Potenal Soluons
• Individual meengs:
• School bus drivers
• Forsyth County Schools transportaon managers
• Police Department
• Sheri#’s Departments
• State Legislators
• Readings:
• News paper arcles
• State Legislaon that was passed regarding violaon of school bus stops
• Study groups:
• Focus on locaon of all school bus stops in Forsyth County and mapping those bus
stops.
• Study mes of those bus stops and pickups and correlate with bus stop locaons.
3) Frame a set of proposals
• Speci(c:
• Strict penales for violang schools bus stops, for example suspending drivers’
licenses for a period of me up to and including lost of drivers’ licenses and criminal
penales if a person is injured or killed.
• Upgrade school bus stops to ensure safe space for children to wait. This might
include sidewalks, lightening, and bus shelters.
• Results are measurable:
• If we are successful we should see a signi-cant reducon in violaons, injuries and
deaths.
• We should also see an increase in the quality of school bus stops used by parents and
children.
• Establish a phone number for people to call in to report.
• Train a minimum of 500 school bus monitors.
4) Conduct Power Analysis
• Idenfy key power players:
• Superintendent of Schools, School Board, State legislators, Criminal Jusce system,
State Department of Transportaon, School bus drivers’, PTA’s, County
Commissioners, Chamber of Commerce, Teachers’ organizaons, principals, and
news media.
• Indenfy decision makers and their locaon in the economy, government, civic sector.
• Determine their connecons
• Determine the process/players that will make a decision on adopng our proposals.
• Determine how proposals will be implemented
• Who will be responsible for carrying out the agreements
• What cost will be involved
• metable for implementaon
Prepared by Gerald Taylor
Answer sheet