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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 5, 2015

Police: School bus driver in fatal crash was texting

Investigators find that school bus driver James Davenport was distracted by texting during the time leading up to the Dec. 2 crash that killed three. Davenport died on June 1.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJune 4, 2015

District apologizes for calling for school bus driver’s firing

Officials from an Alberta school district change their stance after seeing a second video of a school bus incident that shows a student hitting the driver with a bag.

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Newsby StaffJune 4, 2015

Kentucky school bus driver saves choking student

Alerted by students that one of their peers was in distress, Yvonne Wilson performed a one-handed Heimlich maneuver on the girl, dislodging a piece of hard candy from her throat.

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NewsJune 4, 2015

Pennsylvania school bus contractor bounces back from fire

On the Go Kids Inc. quickly recovers after a fire destroys its offices one evening. Employees put a plan in place and continue providing service the following morning.

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ArticlesJune 4, 2015

NAPT News & Views — NAPT Summit and SBX: All about <i>you</i>

A discussion after the first SBX captured perfectly why we offer this new membership benefit and have the annual Summit. Commenting on the myriad challenges facing school transportation professionals and why she found SBX valuable, an attendee said she “was hoping to find people that could help me solve some of my problems.”

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2015

First Priority named Trans Tech dealer for California, Nevada

In those two states, First Priority will offer sales and service for Trans Tech’s Type A school buses, including the all-electric eSeries.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJune 3, 2015

Georgia keeps health funding for school bus drivers, at higher cost to districts

Gov. Nathan Deal signed the 2016 state budget without his proposed cuts to health insurance benefits for part-time school employees. However, districts will have to increase the share they pay for health insurance for those workers to nearly $103 million.

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Newsby StaffJune 3, 2015

School bus attendant wins district’s annual transportation award

Patti Hyman, who has worked for Fairport (N.Y.) Central School District for 10 years, is named Pupil Transportation Employee of the Year.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2015

Driver shortage causing delays up to an hour for district

Last week, about 20 bus routes for South Bend (Ind.) Community School Corp. needed to be covered by substitutes or transportation department employees. The district needs to hire at least 30 drivers.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2015

App offers data organizing feature, GPS fleet tracking

Sunray users can now create unlimited work areas for data in various areas in their own unique locations in the database. Followmee’s GPS tracking application is also integrated into the app for fleet management.

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