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Join us in an open-ended conversation about children and school buses – and the people who bring them together from SBF's editorial team and guest authors.
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Join us in an open-ended conversation about children and school buses – and the people who bring them together from SBF's editorial team and guest authors.
Many of the people whom I and my fellow editors have met and spoken with during our time with SBF have worked in the pupil transportation industry for many years — some for two- or three-plus decades. A lot of those individuals started their careers as school bus drivers and worked their way up to their current position. I'm interested to learn how you got your start in the industry, and also ...
Read More →School buses in the U.S. safely shuttle some 24 million kids to and from school each day, but are the big, yellow vessels contributing to the education process in other ways? Lately, I’ve been seeing a slew of examples that show ...
Read More →In my experience, pupil transporters are compassionate, caring people who are dedicated to doing their jobs well. For many, this compassion and dedication extends to the communities they serve, as exemplified by the staff at Franklin, Mass.-based Vendetti Buses/Vendetti Motors. When a volunteer for the ...
Read More →Ride-alongs can be a great way for local officials and others to get a better understanding of school transportation systems. ...
Read More →I think it’s safe to say that most people have an experience while doing their job that’s especially memorable, or a time when they realized the effect they were having on other people’s lives as a result of their work. One experience that sticks out for me in my years working for SBF is when ...
Read More →It’s no secret that pupil transportation operations around the nation are contending with budget cuts due to the challenging economic climate. In the last few months, we’ve learned about a variety of efforts that school districts and transportation departments have implemented to alleviate the strain of this circumstance by cutting costs.
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