With threats ranging from hijackings to active shooter scenarios, you can never be too prepared. Here, School Bus Fleet rounded up several best practices for de-escalating violent incidents on the bus, and equipping districts with tools to develop their own training programs.
A man with a rifle allegedly forces his way onto a bus at a bus stop, orders the driver to drive the bus, then kicks him and the 18 students off and drives the bus before abandoning it. The driver is credited for de-escalating the situation.
Terry, the director of transportation at Orangeburg County (S.C.) School District, discusses providing material and emotional support during the pandemic, and frustration with motorists passing stopped school buses even with the presence of stop-arm cameras.
The state’s second round of Volkswagen settlement funding will be used to purchase 235 new propane school buses and three electric transit buses.
Greenville County Schools honors its transportation staff with a special, weeklong video series. In this video, Jessica Miller, one of the district’s bus drivers, shares her love for the job and her students.
Six of Florence 1 Schools employees, who either already had their CDL or completed the necessary training to obtain one, step up to work as drivers for the district.
Kirsten Volzka is riding a school bus, driven by her grandmother, when she suffers cardiac arrest, which leads to a seizure.
South Carolina seventh-grader Jack Kendrick is honored by the Propane Education and Research Council for getting his school to add a propane-powered bus designed for special-needs students to its fleet.
A special-needs student in South Carolina advocates for his school to add a propane school bus to its fleet. He ends up getting a “green” bus all his own.
Integrity Student Transportation Services, which had been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic, gets one of its buses back on the road after several months, transporting students to a swim meet.
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