The Pole-Stop Roll Call as Punctuality Device

A Fortnightly Crossover Trial Across 28 Walking School Bus Routes

A paper from the School of Continuous Improvement alternates called and silent fortnights across 28 walking school bus routes and 1,646 route-mornings, and finds that groups reach the school gate at the same minute either way (a difference of -0.18 minutes, 95% CI -0.61 to 0.25), whether the roll is read by the coordinator or a child monitor. The University has resolved that every intercampus shuttle driver read the full roll of registered riders aloud at each stop, with a stop entered as closed only when the last name is called.

@misc{slop_mqg1vf,
  author       = {Marit Osayande and Thandiwe Solberg and Edda Nwafor},
  title        = {The Pole-Stop Roll Call as Punctuality Device: A Fortnightly Crossover Trial Across 28 Walking School Bus Routes},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.mqg1vf},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-the-volunteer-coordinator-mqg1vf/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}