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Donald Tudor retires after 20 years as state director

October 5, 2011

The industry stalwart from South Carolina plans to remain active in pupil transportation, offering consulting services to school districts. Tim Camp, who has been working for Tudor for the past seven years, is named the new state director.

Authorities crack down on pupil transport vans

November 11, 2010

Nearly 150 vans and station wagons carrying infants and toddlers to Boston day care centers and preschools are stopped during an early-morning investigation. Police find a variety of violations, including bald tires and overloading of passengers.

New Brunswick adopts school transportation policy changes

March 4, 2009

The province has formally adopted as official policy the standards for extracurricular travel and school vehicle maintenance that were introduced in 2008.

New Brunswick targets activity trip safety

August 28, 2008

In the wake of a fatal accident on a high school basketball trip in January, officials on Tuesday unveiled recommendations to bolster activity trip safety.

Childcare company puts buses first

March 1, 2006

Recognizing that buses are safer than vans for transporting children, Knowledge Learning Corp. (KLC), the largest provider of early childhood care and education programs, is aggressively replacing its vans with buses.

Q&A: Head Start adjusts to new transportation rule

November 1, 2001

Do Head Start agencies know what their transportation options are?
They realize that there are new requirements in place, but many agencie...

Childcare providers address the transportation dilemma

June 1, 2001

Attendees of the National Child Care Association's (NCCA) annual conference in Las Vegas in mid-March put their heads together in an attempt to unders...

Momentum shifts away from non-conforming vans

August 1, 1999

As we approach the end of the 20th century, I’m encouraged by a school transportation safety movement to replace non-conforming vans with school buses

Tackling non-conforming vans requires concern — and action

June 1, 1999

Perhaps the question should be: Why have not the leaders in pupil transportation raised the volume on this issue to the same decibel level that has been done with the issue of seat belts vs. compartmentalization?

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