Smart Budget Solutions: How Used School Buses Maximize Tight Resources

About this episode

Curt Macysyn discusses budget solutions in student transportation with guest Brian Schamma from Master’s Transportation.

This week at NSTA: The Bus Stop- Executive Director Curt Macysyn welcomes new guest Brian Schamma, Vice President of School Bus Sales at Master’s Transportation. Brian begins the episode by sharing his professional background and how he became involved in the student transportation industry. Curt and Brian discuss Master’s Transportation’s role in helping contractors and districts navigate the decision-making process between purchasing new and pre-owned buses, including how late-model used bu...

People in this episode

Host: Curt Macysyn

Guest: Brian Schamma

Topics covered

• budget solutions
• used school buses
• student transportation
• decision-making
• contractors
• school districts

Keywords

• budget solutions
• used school buses
• student transportation
• Master’s Transportation
• contractors
• school districts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Master’s Transportation, National School Transportation Association

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