Share Your Insights: School Bus Behavior

We want to hear from school transportation professionals about the challenges they face in managing student behavior on the school bus and what advice they've got for colleagues.

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February 15, 2024

Share Your Insights: School Bus Behavior — Are elementary, middle, or high school students the most challenging? Let us know!
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It's Love the Bus Month, but it's no secret that school transportation professionals don't always love the behavior they see from student passengers on the big yellow school bus.

In this quick poll, School Bus Fleet wants to get a sense of which students can be the most challenging, why you think so, and what advice you've got for managing problematic behavior aboard the bus. How do school bus drivers help keep the peace while making their vehicles safe, inclusive, and welcoming to students from elementary to high school?

Let us know! We'll post responses soon.

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