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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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Newsby StaffOctober 22, 2015

Motorist passes school bus, strikes child

The New York driver, who passed a school bus with its lights flashing and ran into a 6-year-old girl, was issued a ticket for passing a school bus illegally. The girl was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries and was released.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2015

Replacement unit offered for old in-ground piston lifts

The new solution is a frame version of Stertil-Koni’s Diamond Lift model, which is engineered for concrete foundations.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2015

New York association launches campaign to document stop-arm running

The New York Association for Pupil Transportation’s “Safe Stop Survey” will have school bus drivers in a sample group of districts count the number of times their buses are passed on a designated day and will release the results each month.

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Newsby StaffOctober 21, 2015

Bendix donates $4K to district for anti-bullying efforts

Four Elyria (Ohio) City Schools elementary schools received “Buddy Benches,” designed to foster friendships among students, and training on ways to use the benches to make connections with peers.

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Newsby StaffOctober 20, 2015

Firefighters use old school bus for rescue training

Flagler County (Fla.) Public Schools donated an out-of-service bus and made its mechanics and safety personnel available to answer questions during a training session for firefighters this week.

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Newsby StaffOctober 20, 2015

Lion Bus names new vice president of sales

Gary Plumton will be responsible for all aspects of the marketing and sales of Lion products in the U.S. For the past five years, he has been the director of sales for school bus seating manufacturer SafeGuard.

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Newsby StaffOctober 20, 2015

District steps up security after man boards school bus

Volusia County (Fla.) Schools will no longer have substitute drivers operate buses without student tracking systems after a man boarded a bus behind a group of students, harassed a student and made a bomb threat.

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