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Burns, of Education Compliance Group, and Meslin, of Newport-Mesa Unified School District in California, say they hope their “Clearance Lights” blog will “stimulate identification of ideas, problem areas and solutions among school transportation professionals.”
Read More →Imogene "Vickey" Johnson, who works for Redlands (Calif.) Unified School District and is a two-time cancer survivor, works to get pink shirts for all transportation employees, who wear them on Fridays in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Read More →During the event hosted by ROUSH CleanTech and organized by Blue Bird dealer Cardinal Bus Sales, 30 Ohio school district representatives go on a 300-mile roundtrip ride between Lima, Ohio, and Livonia, Mich., in the propane-powered Vision. They learn about ROUSH’s liquid propane fuel system and product platforms, and tour the company’s emissions testing dynamometer lab and the manufacturing facility.
Read More →Joe Eversole oversees all transportation operations for four lots in Cincinnati. He has more than 14 years of experience in the pupil transportation industry, including serving as location manager for First Student Columbus, Ohio, from 2010 to 2012.
Read More →The OEM will debut its 2014 All American forward-engine and rear-engine school buses at the NAPT trade show in Memphis, Tenn., next week. Blue Bird President and CEO Phil Horlock says that in redesigning the buses, “we spent significant time focusing on customer-led product improvements.”
Read More →The transportation supervisor, riding the bus in the role of an aide, can be seen in a cell phone video pushing the student into the bus window. The 7-year-old boy was reportedly "yelling and screaming and jumping around" and pulled a sweatshirt over the supervisor’s head “with his whole body.”
Read More →The nationwide event will be held Oct. 22 to 26 this year, and the theme is “I See the Driver. The Driver Sees Me!” National Association for Pupil Transportation Executive Director Mike Martin confirms the dates after industry veteran Dick Fischer notifies him that there was some confusion on when it would take place.
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The new version of the School Bus Report Card, available online to parents from the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission, features improved search functions, and calculates and supplies the percentage of buses within a particular school yard or bus company that were either initially approved or put out of service. Motor Vehicle Commission Chairman and Chief Administrator Raymond P. Martinez says that the tool reinforces the importance of the state’s stringent bus inspection program.
Read More →Muscogee County School District in Columbus, Ga., equips at least 50 of its buses with CrossingGuard, which is provided and maintained by American Traffic Solutions. The county sheriff’s office will review camera footage and issue citations to violators, and officials say the district will receive 25% of the fines in the first year.
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