Online roundtable
When the school can't be reached, where do the buses go?
Your campus closes at 07:40 with every bus out. Join school leaders and transport teams to talk through diverting buses safely when flooding, fire, a security lockdown, a road closure or a protest makes the school unreachable.
Tuesday 24 November 2026
10:00 to 11:00 CET (13:00 Dubai)
Online, 60 minutes
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In the news in 2026
Conflict
UAE · The National · 16 April 2026
UAE suspends all school buses as pupils return after seven weeks of war closures
Flooding
Greece · To Vima · 13 October 2026
Red alert storms in Greece: schools shut on Rhodes, Skiathos and Skopelos
Snow
Germany · Anadolu Agency · 26 January 2026
Snow and freezing rain cancel classes in parts of Bavaria and close a motorway link near Stuttgart
Fire
California · Direct Relief · 16 October 2026
Bryson Fire forces evacuations and road closures near Malibu
Protests
France · TIME · 2 October 2026
Student blockades disrupt more than 500 schools across France
What we'll discuss
Divert. Shelter. Reunite.
A fire at school, a security threat, a flood. Sometimes bringing the buses back to campus only makes the problem worse. A diversion plan is one of the things schools rarely think about until they need it, and it has three parts.
01
Divert
Every bus knows where to go instead of campus, and everyone knows who gives the order.
02
A safe haven, not just a shelter
A car park or a lay-by is not a plan. School staff should be there to receive the children, because bus staff alone are rarely trained for this.
03
Reunite
Reconnect every child with their parents, or get them to school once it is safe, with a record of who collected whom.
How Together School handles it
Every bus knows where to go.
Diversions and Safe Zones was built with schools operating under emergency conditions in the Gulf, where buses in transit had to be redirected within minutes. The same tool covers any incident that makes the school unreachable, from flooding and fire to road closures and protests.
01
Declare the incident
Pick the buses in transit, title the diversion and write what drivers need to know.
02
Choose the Safe Zones
Nearest, fastest by live traffic, or let each driver choose from the list.
03
Drivers acknowledge
A full-screen alert interrupts the route. The driver must acknowledge before diverting.
04
Stand down
A cancellation notice hides the Safe Zones and tells every driver the diversion is over.
The diversion notification in the Together School console: pick the buses, choose how Safe Zones are assigned, and send.
Who should join
School leaders and the people who run transport.
Heads of School and principals
Business managers and bursars
Transport managers and coordinators
Safety and security leads
How it runs
A small working group, not a webinar.
Share challenges. Learn from peers. Take home solutions that work.
Roundtables are small online working groups for international school operations leaders, hosted by Kevin Lloyd, founder of Together School.
Register
Reserve your place.
Tuesday 24 November 2026, 10:00 to 11:00 CET (13:00 to 14:00 Dubai), online on Microsoft Teams. One form covers the whole series: tick every roundtable you would like to join, and your joining links arrive by email as soon as you register.
The roundtable series