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(Janice Becker photo) By Stew Slater Special to The Citizen Even though their non- computerized, human-generated system of sharing transportation routes brought them within about nine bus routes of a costly computer- generated "optimal" system, the publicly-funded school boards in I turon and Perth Counties have resigned to the fact that they'll be forced by the provincial government to use some sort of computerized system. But they still want to minimize the amount of time and money they'll be required to spend on such a system. "The human resources factor to operate and maintain the new transportation software at both our board and the Avon Maitland District School Board is far greater than that which is now employed at both boards," states a report prepared by Huron-Perth Catholic District School Board Management Superintendent Gerry Thuss. The report was delivered at a regular board meeting Monday, Aug. 26. Within the past year, a Waterloo-. based computer consulting firm analyzed the "coterminous" boards' transportation sharing system using the same criteria it uses in creating government-approved computer- generated systems for other boards. "The conclusion reached by GEOREF is that current routing solutions employed by the (two boards are) reasonably close to the optimal in a real-world environment," the Huron-Perth board's report states. Thuss says he welcomes the information provided by GEOREF, adding it provides proof the boards' existing system is efficient. And he suggests further such involvement by the consulting firm could be valuable. .. But he is also hopeful that the boards will be able to use this year's GEOREF information to convince the government to treat them as if they have already implemented a more integrated computerized system. This would make the boards eligible for so-called "Phase II" funding under an expected readjustment • of the education ministry's transportation funding formula. "When you get a result that says you're operating a system that's better than some of the ones that have been developed through the computerized models, you have to hope that the government sees some value in that," Thuss commented. If not, and if the government requires that the board implements a fully-integrated computerized routing system, the Huron-Perth board may be forced to hire as many as two more staff members dedicated solely to that system. At present, only one staff member is required. "The amount of time required to maintain this transportation system is phenomenal," Thuss explained, adding it will only increase if the computerized system is implemented. 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