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School Bus Fleet Blogby Claire AtkinsonJuly 27, 2009

Celebrating a job well done

Staff appreciation events boost morale and show employees that their services mean a lot.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Kelly RoherJuly 13, 2009

Heading to the Mall for School Bus Safety Lessons

Two drivers for Missoula, Mont.-based school bus and charter motorcoach operator Beach Transportation Co. spent a Saturday earlier this year promoting school bus safety at a children’s fair held at a local mall. A Type A school bus was parked in the mall and the drivers...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonJune 30, 2009

Growing up yellow

I wonder whether my boys will get to a point in their youth when they begin to think the school bus is not cool. Will I need to lecture them on how safe it is, how convenient it is, how it reduces traffic and our own gas consumption? And will they care about any of that? ...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Claire AtkinsonJune 22, 2009

Do you tweet?

Many public organizations are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon to publish important information . . .

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonJune 15, 2009

School bus delivers WWII education

Here’s yet another fascinating second life for a school bus: a traveling World War II museum. The 40-foot “BUS-eum,” as it’s called, has been roaming across the Midwest to inform folks about the experiences of prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. ...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Kelly RoherJune 8, 2009

Taking Time to Help Students in Need

I recently read an article online about an elementary school counselor and a team of volunteers in Minden, Nev., who fill backpacks with nonperishable food for students in need every Friday afternoon during the school year. Bus drivers...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonMay 18, 2009

Observe and report

In a recent blog post, I wrote about two school bus driver-attendant teams who had spotted clear signs that a 13-year-old girl was being abused by her adoptive mother.Not long afterward, Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed into law a bill that adds school bus drivers and attendants to a list of “mandated reporters” of child abuse. The list already ...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Claire AtkinsonMay 11, 2009

Seeing the sights from the yellow bus

I recently found a story online about a school bus driver in Asheville, N.C., who has documented the historic sites and noteworthy landmarks along her bus route . . .

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonApril 28, 2009

A noble response to job loss

It must be hard to look on the bright side when you’ve just been told that you’re losing your job. Somehow, Florida school bus driver Martha Brown was able to do just that.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Kelly RoherApril 20, 2009

Stories That Tickle Your Funny Bone

A Youngstown, Ohio-based news station reported on a humorous incident not too long ago involving a Western Reserve School District bus and a third grader's pet goat...

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Claire AtkinsonApril 13, 2009

Book follows children on the bus

The history of civil rights in the U.S. has been tied to transportation in a unique way. School buses helped cross color lines when courts mandated desegregation of schools. . .

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Thomas McMahonMarch 31, 2009

Where do our old school buses go?

Would you believe “Jurassic Park”? We’ve seen photos of old American school buses, painted over in a variety of bright colors and designs, that have taken on a new life in public transportation in Central or South America. But this is a surprising new example of a second act for our school buses.

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