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Student responds to bus monitor’s heart attack

September 14, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Sept. 1, school bus monitor Tony Riebel experienced a massive heart attack during the bus ride home. Luckily, fifth-grader Jord...

District runs 1 bus with aide for special-needs students

September 14, 2009

PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Prescott Unified School District officials have reconfigured bus routes in response to concerns from parents over the district gove...

State Supreme Court asked to review special-needs bus case

September 14, 2009

LONGMONT, Colo. — The St. Vrain Valley School District recently asked the state Supreme Court to review a case wherein one of its school bus drivers ...

District to implement new bus pickup policy for special-needs students

August 3, 2009

EL PASO, Texas — Socorro Independent School District is scheduled to implement a new bus pickup policy today for its special-needs students and child...

Detroit Public Schools forgoes plan to cut 159 bus attendants

August 3, 2009

DETROIT — In new developments announced last week, Detroit Public Schools (DPS) will not follow through with a plan to lay off 159 special-needs bus ...

Special-needs bus driver honored for helping students, community

August 3, 2009

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Lake Elsinore Unified School District (USD) special-needs school bus driver Julie Poirier-Leyva was recently recognized for h...

South Carolina District Staff Refine Special-Needs Bus Evacuation

August 3, 2009

By Kelly Roher, Senior Editor

Transportation personnel at Greenville (S.C.) County Schools have developed an innovative special-needs ...

Special-Needs Briefs — 7/6/09

July 6, 2009

Drivers for special-needs students protest privatization
SALEM, Mass. — Salem Public Schools’ plan to privatize special-needs school tran...

Feds save Medicaid payments for transportation

July 6, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. — School districts will continue to be able to receive Medicaid payments for some transportation activities thanks to a move made by...

Special-needs bus driver honored

July 6, 2009

MINERAL WELLS, Texas — Special-needs school bus driver Tina Cross was selected by her peers as Mineral Wells Independent School District’s (MWISD) 20...

South Carolina District Refines Special-Needs Bus Evacuation

July 1, 2009

Transportation personnel at Greenville (S.C.) County Schools have developed an innovative special-needs school bus evacuation program that include...

Girardin Celebrates 50-Year Anniversary

July 1, 2009

Girardin Minibus Inc.’s foray into the school bus industry began in 1958 when the Quebec government centralized the province’s education system, ne...

Review: Guidance on special-needs transportation

June 1, 2009

By Kathy Furneaux

Peggy Burns’ new video, The Road to Compliance for Special Needs Drivers, is a refreshing and welcome validatio...

Q’Straint to host free training seminar

June 1, 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Q’Straint will hold its sixth annual National Training Seminar at its facilities here in the fall.

The school bus semi...

Special-Needs Briefs — 6/1/09

June 1, 2009

Special-needs bus flips over during three-car crash
STROUDSBURG, Pa. — A Pleasant Valley School District special-needs bus flipped on its...

No charges to be filed in fatal school bus crash

May 4, 2009

LOGANSPORT, Ind. — Authorities announced last week that no criminal charges would be filed in a wreck that killed four specials-needs students in Sep...

Edupro Group releases details on 2010 special-needs event

May 4, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. — The 19th National Conference & Exhibition on Transporting Students With Disabilities & Preschoolers, as well as the 13th National Spe...

Special-Needs Briefs — 5/4/09

May 4, 2009

School van brake failure goes to trial
PITTSBURGH — A mechanic is charged with involuntary manslaughter after a van he inspected experien...

Georgia school board wants cameras on special-needs buses

April 6, 2009

MARIETTA, Ga. — The Cobb County School District board’s Facilities and Technology Committee recently pushed to have cameras installed on 196 special-...

Conference works to solve special-needs challenges

April 6, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS — Wintry wind chill temperatures didn’t affect the velocity or enthusiasm in Indianapolis, where special-needs roadeo contestants and co...

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