We’re proud to share this visitor put up by Karen Gibson, founding father of San Antonio Household Transport, providing options for households to move their kids to and from constitution colleges, summer time camps, and extra.
San Antonio Household Transport was based with honest compassion for overwhelmed households. We assist busy households who want some additional assist getting their youngsters from A to Z. As mother and father, we all know that our days will be very hectic. From speeding clear throughout city and again house once more, to heading again out into visitors for after-school actions . . . no matter your every day travels include, we be sure that your kids arrive secure and on time.
The Story Behind SA Household Transport
I’m Karen Gibson, the Mother-Proprietor and Founding father of SA Household Transport. I’m a South Texas native, with over 10 years mixed expertise in childcare, schooling, and transportation, together with a Grasp’s diploma in Enterprise Administration. Whereas dwelling in traffic-jammed Dallas-Fort Value (DFW), Texas for 20 years, I vividly keep in mind the chaotic schedule of making an attempt to get my two younger kids—who are actually younger adults and taller than me—safely to and from faculty and numerous after-school actions, as a single mother. With none close by family or mates to assist me, I felt immense stress and stress working within the company world whereas making an attempt to offer normalcy for my two kiddos. After years of monetary and emotional pressure making an attempt to move my kids to and from faculty every morning and afternoon, an enormous weight was lifted after I found and employed a scholar transportation firm over the past two years of dwelling in DFW.
After I moved to San Antonio for a Human Useful resource Director job, I used to be shocked to understand there weren’t any scholar transportation firms in a metropolis the dimensions of San Antonio. I used to be decided to not endure the identical morning and afternoon stress I skilled in DFW, so I made positive to stay as near my job and my teenager’s faculty as doable. Then, COVID occurred and my work and dwelling dynamics modified as soon as once more—uggh. I discovered myself working 45 minutes away from house and worrying about my teenage daughter strolling 20 minutes house from faculty every day . . . not okay! I made a decision it was time to develop a plan, step away from working for others in numerous company, non-profit, and personal jobs, and step as much as fill within the gaps for lively, working households, who’ve a zillion and yet one more issues on their To-Do checklist than making an attempt to get their youngsters to high school, all earlier than their very own work day begins.
I’m tremendous grateful to God and proud to say that I opened SA Household Transport initially of the 2023–2024 faculty 12 months. In simply 9 brief months, we’ve grown tremendously and at present serve 18 colleges. We transport college students ages 4–18 years previous to and from constitution, personal, and conventional public colleges, in addition to camps and after-school actions. Our prospects embrace mother and father, single mother and father, grandparents, web site coordinators, and numerous organizations that serve kids within the San Antonio neighborhood.
Consistency, Reliability, Communication, and High quality
We all know how essential it’s on your little one’s journey to not solely be secure, but in addition worry-free and pleasant. It’s essential to me that these kids are handled the way in which I’d need my very own kids to be handled. We take our job very significantly. We maintain our drivers to excessive requirements. Every driver has to cross legal and intercourse offender background checks, be First Support and CPR licensed, have a background in schooling or childcare (or not less than have their very own kids), and have a superb driving file—together with passing a driver’s check through the interview, since everyone knows that simply because somebody has a driver’s license doesn’t imply they don’t have highway rage or journey the bumper of the driving force in entrance of them . . . in all seriousness, these are our kids! Moreover, every van features a digital camera that information inside and out of doors of the vans for the security of the youngsters, the driving force, and our enterprise. Once we drop off kids at house or in school, we don’t simply drive off as soon as they go away the van—we be sure that they’re safely inside the home or faculty and that every household receives direct messaging of their secure arrival.
Pupil Birthdays are Particular
To make sure that all of our college students really feel particular, we rejoice every scholar’s birthday with their favourite cookie or cupcake. We dedicate that total day to the birthday scholar by singing “Completely happy Birthday” throughout ALL transports inside that route, all through the day. This celebration has shortly grew to become a convention that the entire college students enormously anticipate.
Faculty Transportation: Extra Than Meets the Eye
For some households, our service is only a journey to and from faculty, however for others it’s rather more than simply that. There are tons of scholars at constitution and public colleges who don’t make it to high school in any respect as a result of their mother and father are pressured to make an not possible selection: whether or not to take their kids to high school that day and be late or miss work altogether, or go away their kids at house and go to work, as a way to pay their payments and purchase groceries.
That is only a abstract of the issues surrounding such a state of affairs. There are such a lot of dynamics concerned in merely making an attempt to get your kiddos to and from faculty. Making an attempt to slot in and piece collectively the time and brief cuts by means of visitors to choose up and drop off youngsters between faculty schedules and work shifts—whether or not that’s hourly or wage shifts—is like placing collectively a 333 piece puzzle with 111 sky and panorama puzzle items, and doing it once more every day. To not point out getting drained youngsters dressed and fed, gathering homework assignments, lunches and luggage packed, out the door, then remembering that one homework project or faculty venture for every kiddo, not simply in the future of the week, however daily of the week. I may go on and on concerning the doable snowball impact, however I’ll cease right here.
Then there’s bullying. When college students are late or miss faculty for days or even weeks at a time, they might endure lasting and damaging psychological results on account of bullying and disgrace for not exhibiting as much as faculty. That’s on high of robbing these youngsters of the schooling and alternatives they deserve.
No Transport = No Meal
For a lot of households, when their youngsters don’t make it to high school, their youngsters don’t eat. At some stage we all know this, however many people don’t understand what number of kids are literally affected by meals insecurity. I typically hear from college students who are usually not truly completely satisfied about Fridays and the upcoming weekend as a result of they know they gained’t have sufficient to eat.
In keeping with SA Ahead, “Roughly 14% of Bexar County residents are meals insecure, and the kid meals insecurity price is even larger, affecting 1 in 5 kids in Bexar County.” For a lot of, it’s extra than simply making an attempt to determine how one can get youngsters to high school and on-time. Mother and father know their youngsters will go hungry in the event that they don’t go to high school. In the event that they do get them to high school, they threat being late to work or lacking work and shedding their jobs. In the event that they lose their jobs, they gained’t be capable to purchase meals, pay payments, or present for his or her households.
You might be questioning how these households afford scholar transportation if they’ll’t afford to purchase meals. They prioritize it. Their kids need to make it to high school . . . finish of story. Moreover, SA Household Transport is within the technique of turning into a non-profit 501(c)(3) group. As soon as we’ve entry to grant funding, we will supply sliding scale fee choices and use philanthropy to cowl transportation charges for decrease revenue households. Typically it actually does take a village . . .we’re devoted to development and serving to the longer term generations of the San Antonio neighborhood.
SA Household Transport for Your Busy Life
Life is busy, however San Antonio Household Transport can discover a customized answer to suit your household’s wants. Our coronary heart is to guarantee that reasonably priced transportation is made obtainable for each distinctive household and their particular person wants. God has positioned this enterprise in my coronary heart with the individuals and communities in whom we serve for His functions to maintain working mother and father working, with the peace of thoughts that their priceless coronary heart treasures are usually not simply watched after and transferred from place to put, however cared for, listened to, and transported with love.
In the event you discover your loved ones scrambling to get right here and there and in all places, attain out and let SA Household Transport assist transport your loved ones safely. Give us a name at 210-864-1777 or e mail us at data@safamilytransport.com. You too can contact us by means of our contact type on our web site. Try our Google opinions and observe us on Fb.
Constitution Mothers Chats
Watch Karen Gibson, proprietor and founding father of San Antonio Household Transport, converse with Inga Cotton on Constitution Mothers Chats on Might 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM Central stay on Fb and YouTube.
Karen Gibson is the Mother-Proprietor and Founding father of SA Household Transport. She is a South Texas native, with over ten years mixed expertise in childcare, schooling, and transportation, together with a Grasp’s diploma in Enterprise Administration.
