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In SBF's 2011 Special-Needs Survey, respondents report that 30 percent of their special-needs students are mainstreamed (i.e., ride regular-ed routes). I have a disability and in my opinion, when you have a disability, it boosts your self-esteem to be treated as “normally” as possible. It seems, then ...
Read More →SCHOOL BUS FLEET’s February 2011 issue features our annual Special-Needs Survey. This year, there was some information that we couldn’t fit in the survey for the print issue, so I’ll share it with you here.
Read More →The state is helping schools offset the cost of field trips to the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum with a new license plate. A portion of the fee for the plate goes to the museum for its Big Yellow School Bus Fund, a program developed to offer “bus scholarships” to help fund field trips to the museum.
Read More →It is by turns amusing and unsettling how much a small typo can alter the meaning of something. For example, maybe you’ve seen someone list his title as “assistant manger,” which would make him a trough for horses and cattle to eat from. ...
Read More →Every December, we hear about school bus operations pitching in to help their communities celebrate the holidays and to provide for those in need. The ubiquity of news like this speaks to the generosity and good will of the people in the pupil transportation industry. Here’s a great example.
Read More →In my years since joining the SBF team, I’ve learned how much school bus drivers can influence the lives of the students they transport. Bus driver Kristine Nyack has a positive attitude around her students, and she interacts with them by, among other things, performing an upbeat song.
Read More →The school bus industry convened in Portland, Ore., recently for the annual NAPT and NASDPTS conferences. The events were full of fascinating speakers, inspiring awards presentations and entertaining sights and activities. Here's a look at what we SBF editors captured with our cameras.
Read More →How many hours do you spend sitting every day? I asked myself that question when I read a story about a substitute school bus driver who suffered a heart attack and died while he was transporting students last week. ...
Read More →As I pored over the stack of contest entries, I was constantly amused by the kids' unexpected observations and quirky insights. But what struck me even more was how these heartfelt essays show what a significant impact school bus drivers have on their passengers. ...
Read More →In my years on the SBF team, I’ve learned that with the pupil transportation industry, you should expect the unexpected. However, I was surprised upon recently learning the specifics of illegal bus passing problems at a couple of school districts. We report in our forthcoming November issue...
Read More →It seems counterintuitive to deter districts from using fees to keep their bus programs running. If a district can’t afford to continue providing free rides and has to cut transportation, no one wins.
Read More →Here at SBF, we’ve been blogging quite a bit about road safety and safe driving, a particularly good topic in light of the school year ramping up. Bus drivers face the prospect of encountering not-so-friendly fellow motorists on our nation’s roads . . .
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