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Writing an effective special-needs transportation manual

At one point or another in our professional lives we've all been handed an employee manual filled with regulatory code and overly complex explanations...

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Safetyby StaffApril 1, 2002

News from the World of Pupil Transportation

Driver weathers aftermath of attack ATLANTA — On Nov. 7, 2001, Lynda Clanton, school bus driver for Fulton County Schools in Fairburn, ...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

True/False Questions for Drivers

The following true or false questions are samples from the CDL exam for school bus operators. Use them to test the expertise of your driver staff. ...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

When Is Appearance an Issue?

Workplace appearance can be a touchy issue if you are not careful in how your regulations are set up. Operators do not have solid grounds to enforce s...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Setting the Tone for Driver Instruction

An introduction gives trainers a chance to set the right tone for instruction. Although experienced trainers inevitably develop their own style of ope...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Garage Clinic

Can money be saved by sharing shop duties with other agencies? Sharing is complicated A few years back when we needed a new maintenance facility,...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Computer System Eases DMV Lines

The California State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is in the process of converting 33 DMV offices to a state-of-the-art computer system much like...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Quick Tips

NSTA launches pilot testing of e-market The National School Transportation Association (NSTA) has begun a one-year test of a program that allows cont...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Parent Volunteers on the School Bus?

What do you think of allowing parent volunteers to ride buses to help manage the students? I’m all for it, as long as background checks are done a...

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Managementby StaffApril 1, 2002

Q&A: Leaving Students Out in the Cold

Transportation for students at the nation’s second largest school district, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), was seriously hampered in ear...

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