
PHOTOS: Highlights From School Bus eXchange 2018
Take a look at the roundtable discussions, presentations, and other activities — including a paper airplane competition — at the 2018 edition of SBX.
TORONTO — Student Transportation of America Ltd.’s (STA) Goffstown, N.H., location has been awarded an $8.4 million contract to provide transportation services for the Kearsarge Regional School District over the next five years.
The contract includes provisions for the district to provide all of the fuel required for service, and the district has the option to extend the agreement without a bidding process at the end of the five-year period.
STA officials said that the new contract bolsters the company's regional density in New England.
The Kearsarge district provides bus and van transportation for seven schools in the New Hampshire towns of Kearsarge, Bradford, Newbury, New London, Springfield, Sutton, Warner and Wilmot.
Take a look at the roundtable discussions, presentations, and other activities — including a paper airplane competition — at the 2018 edition of SBX.
The Minnesota driver’s employer gets complaints that he made some student feel forced to pray on the bus. The driver alleges being taken off the route violates his constitutional rights.
The purchase of STI by a group of investors, still subject to court approval, is expected to close around April 27.
Know a contractor who deserves recognition for his or her efforts? We’re accepting nominations for SBF’s 2018 Contractor of the Year award.
Location managers for the school bus contractor nominated employees for the honor, which highlights safety performance as well as character.
Garfield Howell of Connecticut is reportedly seen using his school bus to buy and deliver heroin several times over the course of a months-long investigation, police say.
The move marks HopSkipDrive’s first operation outside of California.
The awards recognize employees who best demonstrate the company’s core values in the categories of Safety, Customer, People, Community, and Excellence.
Four company leaders step into new roles, including chief financial officer and VP of western region school bus operations.
Schmitty & Sons is awarded a contract to provide transportation to Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 starting on July 1.
Registered users of the school bus tracking app have increased from 25,000 to 40,000 so far this school year.
The state’s pre-licensing course and test for general driver applicants would cover the law on stopping for school buses. NYSBCA supports the proposal.
The instructors are licensed to teach and assist driver applicants in qualifying for a school bus certificate.
The students and adults, returning from a field trip, evacuated and were not injured. The bus was equipped with lap-shoulder belts.
The DERA rebates will be used to replace or retrofit 452 school buses in 32 states.
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