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Our team of enterprising editors bring years of experience covering the fleet industry. We offer a deep understanding of trends and the ever-evolving landscapes we cover in fleet, trucking, and transportation.  

Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2016

Special-needs school bus driver, colleague on the job for the long haul

Mona Clifton has worked with children with special needs all 22 years of her career. Meanwhile, new school bus driver Jennifer Rieder plans to follow in the footsteps of her father, who drove school buses for the same Ohio district and recently retired.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 4, 2016

Iris scanners tested on special-needs school buses

A school transportation agency in California concludes a trial test of biometric iris scanners to track students as they board and exit buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2015

School bus aide accused of stealing money from special-needs students

Candice Milford of New Jersey was charged with theft after allegedly stealing money that was intended for class trips from five students between the ages of 6 and 9.

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Newsby StaffDecember 30, 2015

Nebraska district to cut back school bus service

Omaha Public Schools is trying to simplify its busing system and cut costs by reducing the number of schools that students can apply to and still be eligible to ride the bus. The district’s transportation costs are high compared with other urban Midwestern districts.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2015

Students, school bus driver rescued from flood waters

Eighteen students and the driver were rescued after their school bus was swept into a retention pond in Illinois. No injuries were reported.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2015

School bus driver loses job over prank

The Connecticut driver joked with students about taking a nap behind the wheel, and a student told her mother. The district removed him from its list of approved drivers and police are investigating the incident.

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Newsby StaffDecember 29, 2015

Illinois district grows propane school bus fleet

Olympia CUSD now has more than a third of its buses running on propane, which officials say is lowering operating costs and yielding other benefits.

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Videosby StaffDecember 28, 2015

New Jersey’s School Bus Child-Check Campaign

School transportation and child safety officials discuss a sticker program and other efforts to keep children from being left on school buses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 28, 2015

Former transportation supervisor pleads guilty in school bus service scam

Anna Sollozzo, who worked for the Yonkers (N.Y.) Board of Education, pleaded guilty to second degree grand larceny and third degree criminal tax fraud charges for her role in billing the board for non-existent bus service for nearly two years.

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Newsby StaffDecember 28, 2015

Survey results show rise in illegal school bus passing incidents in New York

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s Dec. 16 survey found that 912 school bus drivers reported a total of 592 passing incidents, making the total estimated rate 32,456 illegal passes statewide, up from 30,735 passing incidents recorded in the Nov. 18 survey.

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