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Managementby Andrea StoverSeptember 1, 2001

Surmounting the Obstacles of Transporting Homeless Children

When families become homeless, education becomes secondary to the primary needs of shelter, food and clothing. Homeless children can disappear from sc...

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Safetyby Frank Di Giacomo, PublisherSeptember 1, 2001

Proposed CDL changes don't hit all the marks

Bus drivers are our greatest resource. Of that, there’s no doubt. Over the past decade, however, they’ve been forced to jump through a tan...

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Managementby Mark A. WalshSeptember 1, 2001

Keys to Developing Effective Contractor Specifications

The relationship between a school district and its transportation contractor can be influenced by any number of factors, but the most critical determi...

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Maintenanceby Paul HartleySeptember 1, 2001

How to Repair Vinyl Seats on School Buses

In the school bus business, seat repair is as common as yellow paint, costing the industry millions of dollars annually and keeping thousands of peopl...

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Maintenanceby Joey Campbell, Assistant EditorSeptember 1, 2001

Preparing Your School Bus Fleet for Wintry Conditions

In many areas of the nation, the sweltering summer heat belies the harsh, cold reality of winter. The summer also tends to allow some slack in operati...

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Managementby Kathy FurneauxSeptember 1, 2001

Enhance Employee Retention with Driver Rewards

School districts and contract bus companies are often looking for ways to support and motivate their transportation supervisors and managers. Encourag...

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Managementby Sandra Matke, Managing EditorSeptember 1, 2001

How to Beat the Back-to-School Blues — or at Least Put up a Good Fight

For those of us in the school bus industry, the arrival of the fall is more than a mere change of seasons. While the leaves turn gold and are blown ab...

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Special Needs Transportationby Alexandra H. RobinsonSeptember 1, 2001

Special-needs handbook digs beneath the surface

One can immediately tell from the size of the table of contents (24 pages) that Dr. Ray Turner had his work cut out for him when he wrote his "Special...

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 1, 2001

Should bus drivers be allowed to use cell phones while driving?

That's the question we posed recently in the Forum on SBF's Website at www.schoolbusfleet.com/forum....

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Managementby StaffAugust 1, 2001

News from the World of Pupil Transportation

Pennsylvania bus operators fined for drug/alcohol violations WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nine Pennsylvania school bus operators and three drivers ha...

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