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Climate system supplier Bergstrom Inc. has hired Forrest Fields as director of bus air conditioning.
Fields joins Bergstrom with more than 25 years of experience in the commercial and school bus transportation industry. He has held sales and marketing positions at ACC Climate Control and Trans/Air Manufacturing, among other companies.
"We’re very excited to have Forrest join our team,” said Larry Landreth, managing director of BSP, bus air conditioning, and solar at Bergstrom. "He’s a tenured professional whose comprehensive knowledge of automotive and bus air conditioning will be a huge benefit to us internally and, of course, to our customers.”
As part of his new role, Fields will be charged with helping to grow Bergstrom’s bus air-conditioning business.
Bergstrom began producing heaters for school buses in 1952. The company introduced its latest school bus a/c system, the Cool Zone, in 2016.
Another recent hire for Bergstrom’s bus air-conditioning division was Paul Rothschild, who was named a regional sales manager.
Who served as a mechanic for Marine One, the presidential helicopter? Which Texas transportation director was born in Iran? And who used to draw blood for a living? Learn about these and other intriguing school bus industry people in the return of this popular series.
As the Georgia drivers drop off students, their personal vehicles are broken into in the lot where they usually park their cars. DeKalb County School District is working on security enhancements.
With healthy property tax revenue and high demand to replace old school buses, industry sales will hit recent highs again this year, says the Blue Bird CEO. Meanwhile, the manufacturer has new electric models hitting the road and a new propane engine with ultra-low NOx emissions, helping fuel a shift toward more non-diesel buses.
A new contract brings more than 1,000 Washington, D.C.-area bus drivers and attendants to pay parity with other government employees by the next fiscal year.
A statewide program aims to reduce the number of stop-arm violations in and around school zones.
A driver for East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools is fired after apparently leaving the bus while a 9-year-old student was still on board.
As projects and concepts for autonomous school vehicles move forward, they gather data on use and performance. Pupil transportation leaders see a long road with some hurdles, but remain open to potential benefits.
First Student and the drivers’ union agree on a contract that includes enhanced healthcare and retirement benefits as well as increased wages, ending an 11-day strike.
Educational Bus Transportation recently sponsored The Friends of the Poor Walk/Run to raise funds for those in need.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools boosts pay for all of its school bus drivers to $15 an hour, and drivers currently earning more get an increase of 50 cents per hour, amid a driver shortage.
Toby McGraw takes on the newly created role of senior vice president of sales. He will lead public and private partnership sales and account management.
Dee Dee Whitman, a mayoral candidate for Providence, Rhode Island, sees a story about a student who uses a wheelchair having to miss school due to a driver strike. She pays for a van to take him to school the following day.
Rill’s Bus Service in Westminster, Maryland, has been in the school bus business for 50 years. Learn how they utilize flexible financing options through Daimler Truck Financial to keep their business thriving. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2vUn1LF.
As the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2018, here’s a look back at past and present state directors.
The association, which turns 50 in November, connects state directors with federal regulators, school bus manufacturers, suppliers, and other industry groups.
New York School Bus Contractors Name Legislator of the Year
