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December 1, 2002

One of your drivers is accused of sexual harassment by a student on a middle-school route. The driver has no history of similar complaints. The girl w...

Trying Students with a Jury of Peers

December 1, 2002

Greenville County Schools in Greenville, S.C., is testing a new tool for dealing with misbehavior on campus — youth court. Two high schools will be pi...

A Simplifying Software Program

December 1, 2002

Merle Jewett, director of transportation for the Merced (Calif.) City School District, manages transportation for approximately 600 special-needs stud...

Driver Conflict Management Tips

December 1, 2002

P.E.A.C.E. (People Effectively Addressing Conflict Everyday) Skills Inc. is an Irmo, S.C.-based consulting firm that teaches organizations practical a...

The Not-So-Simple Life of a Starfish

December 1, 2002

Deborah Lincoln, pupil transportation director in Oregon and president of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services...

Highway-Rail Intersection Awareness

December 1, 2002

• Look for the advance warning sign, a yellow circle marked by an “R X R,” to allow time for a gradual stop. Motorists traveling behind the bus may no...

Drivers’ wish list

December 1, 2002

The one thing that would best allow us to do the job better is improved discipline. All other factors taken into consideration —wages, training, equip...

Q&A: New President at Thomas Faces Key Challenges

December 1, 2002

In late August, Thomas Built Buses announced that longtime president John Thomas III was stepping down and being replaced by John O’Leary, a driving f...

Bus sales on the rise despite opinions to the contrary

December 1, 2002

Although the full recovery of the U.S. economy is still in the offing, North American school bus sales rebounded during sales year 2002 (Nov. 1, 2001,...

Set 5 achievable goals for the coming year

December 1, 2002

No one warns you about how fast the years tumble by as you grow older. Each year gets behind us more quickly than the last. Psychologists probably hav...

What's New in the Top 100

December 1, 2002

Buncombe County retrofits engines for cleaner emissions
As part of its Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program, the Environmental Protection Age...

Robert Pape Named SBF's Administrator of the Year for 2002

December 1, 2002

For his achievement and leadership in the school transportation industry, Robert Pape, director of transportation at Lawrence (N.Y.) Public Schools, w...

News from the World of Pupil Transportation

November 1, 2002

Blue Bird closes Iowa plant permanently

FORT VALLEY, Ga. — Blue Bird Corp. has closed its school bus manufacturing facility in Mount ...

‘Assistant Drivers’ Provide Solution

November 1, 2002

The school bus driver shortage presents a seemingly never-ending dilemma. Creative recruiting efforts are the norm as school districts attempt to moll...

9 Key Motorcoach Screening Questions

November 1, 2002

When hiring a bus company for long activity and field trips, the more information you have, the better prepared you will be. Important things to know ...

Solving Problems from Within

November 1, 2002

With the help of the school district’s technology department, the transportation staff at Mansfield (Texas) Independent School District put together a...

When ‘Please’ Doesn’t Work. . .

November 1, 2002

Two young flight attendants were having a difficult time trying to control the behavior of three unaccompanied minors on a flight to Chicago. That ...

NHTSA Proposes New Category of School Buses

November 1, 2002

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a new category of small school buses for transporting children in trips other ...

Judgment Call

November 1, 2002

Self-appointed leader of drivers steps forward One of your bus drivers has become the self-appointed leader of the rest of the drivers and lodges sev...

Amputee Gets Job Back, But No Damages

November 1, 2002

CASE TODD A. PORTER v. ARTHUR A. ELLIS VENUE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Filed July 10, 2002 SUMMARY A school bus driver wh...

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