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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 16, 2015

School bus duo wins state award for protecting girl

Driver Gwendolyn Brinson and attendant Kathy Ritter, who helped thwart a man accused of lewd behavior, are honored by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2015

Special-needs school bus vandalized

A school bus driver in New York found his employer’s bus, which he uses to transport two special-needs students to and from school, with nearly every window broken or shattered after he had parked it in front of a church overnight.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2015

Special-needs transportation costs questioned in audit

A charter school in Pennsylvania spent $239,036 over four years transporting five special-needs students without proper documentation, an audit shows. The school made payments without approved contracts, and did not track how daily rates for students were calculated.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 14, 2015

Tennessee district names new director of transportation

Jerry Partlow returns to Wilson County Schools after the firing of Tiffany Lowery, who held the transportation director position for less than a year.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 14, 2015

79K vehicles illegally passed school buses in national study

Over 100,000 school bus drivers in 26 states took part in this year’s one-day count of stop-arm violations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2015

REMINDER: Nominate a great transportation director

Do you know an exemplary school transportation director who deserves recognition? We’re accepting nominations for Administrator of the Year. The deadline is this Friday, Sept. 18.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2015

Former school bus monitor pleads guilty to hitting special-needs student

The former monitor for Colonial Heights (Va.) Public Schools admits she struck a 6-year-old boy who hit her. She pleads guilty to assault and battery of a child, receives a suspended jail sentence, and must take parenting classes, and complete community service and an anger management program.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2015

School bus driver faces over 50 misdemeanor counts for braking incident

A Pennsylvania school bus driver allegedly slammed on the brakes to get the attention of unruly students on the bus, and several suffered injuries.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2015

New York aims to extend grant program for school bus driver benefits

Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed to extend the controversial $42 million program that subsidizes experienced school bus drivers' pay and benefits.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2015

California school bus driver saves students as bus catches fire

Forty-one high school students and an assistant coach escaped the bus uninjured. As the bus lost horsepower, overheated and began to smoke, the driver made sure all the students got off the bus safely.

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