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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 StaffOctober 29, 2015

Kansas district renews First Student contract

Olathe Unified School District 233 awarded the company a new five-year contract to manage and operate more than 220 school bus routes.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2015

Video of school bus driver texting while driving leads to policy change

After a bus driver is caught on video texting while driving students, Prince George’s County (Md.) Public Schools adds to its policy an amendment that would lead to a driver being suspended, demoted or terminated for the offense.

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Newsby StaffOctober 28, 2015

Boy fatally struck by school bus after trying to retrieve backpack

A 5-year-old student in Alabama dropped his backpack in front of the bus. The bus driver started to pull away when she didn’t see him come out of his house.

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Newsby StaffOctober 28, 2015

Durham launches school bus tracking app

With the school bus contractor’s new app, Durham Bus Tracker, parents can view the location of their child’s bus in relation to their bus stop.

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Newsby StaffOctober 27, 2015

School bus driver, students connect with ‘the grandma in the window’

A woman who waves to students on a bus from her window every school day was no longer there recently, after suffering a stroke. The driver brought her flowers and the students made her a sign of them waving from inside the bus to show her how much she means to them.

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Newsby StaffOctober 26, 2015

New York association awards industry excellence at convention

The New York School Bus Contractors Association presented its 2015 industry safety and service awards at its 61st annual convention, held Oct. 16 – 18, in New York City.

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Newsby StaffOctober 23, 2015

Boy hit by truck while trying to board school bus

In Mississippi, a 12-year-old boy who was struck by a truck as he was crossing the road to board a school bus was airlifted to the hospital. He is responsive and has a broken leg, sources say.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2015

Indiana district piloting school bus tracking app

The Tippecanoe School Corp. is offering Synovia’s Here Comes the Bus website and app to parents of students at three of its schools and will soon offer it to the remaining schools.

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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2015

Virginia city's school bus stop-arm camera program on hold

Falls Church, Virginia, suspended its stop-arm camera program as of Oct. 2. At issue is whether citations of those caught on video passing a school bus can be mailed or must be served in person.

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