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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 10, 2012

First Observer security program on hiatus

HMS Co., which has administered First Observer since 2008, stops receiving funding, but the Transportation Security Administration has reportedly said that the program will be active again in the near future. Meantime, classroom training and other program functions have been placed on hold.

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Newsby StaffDecember 7, 2012

School bus driver spots stun gun

The driver notices the weapon in her rearview mirror and returns to a school, where police search the students. After a tip from another student, officers reportedly find the stun gun in the backpack of a 15-year-old, who now could be expelled.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 6, 2012

Another bill aims to allow ads on Fla. school buses

Under the legislation, commercial advertisements that are “family and child friendly” could be placed on the exterior of a school bus. The idea has been proposed in Florida before but hasn’t passed.

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Newsby StaffDecember 6, 2012

All National Express safety directors earn certification

The school transportation company’s safety directors are all certified by the Institute for Safety and Health Management. The credential covers a broad range of safety principles, such as risk assessment and mitigation, ethics and law, health and wellness, and emergency preparedness.

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Newsby StaffDecember 5, 2012

Krapf names planning and business exec

In the role of executive vice president of strategic planning and business development for Krapf Bus Companies, officials say Bradley D. Krapf is responsible for leading the organization’s continued growth efforts and ensuring that the Krapf brand maintains its high standards of safe, dependable and customer-focused transportation services.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonDecember 5, 2012

6 of 9 danger zone deaths were by other vehicle

The total of nine school bus loading/unloading fatalities in the 2010-11 school year was an increase of one from the previous year, according to the Kansas State Department of Education's forthcoming national report. Another noteworthy finding of the 2011-12 report is that all of the children killed were at least 10 years old.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonDecember 4, 2012

Taking on the top challenges of the job

Clearly, the job of transportation director is not getting any easier. It takes people with a healthy supply of those “Top Traits” to lead transportation departments through these challenging times.

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ArticlesDecember 4, 2012

'Legends of the Fall': partners to protect the yellow bus

NAPT is going to be very involved in making policymakers at all levels of government aware of the vexing problems created when school bus service is threatened by cuts (in dollars or routes) or eliminated.

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ArticlesDecember 4, 2012

School bus drivers: Is trust enough?

The message should be framed not as “this monitoring device is here to make sure you don’t break the rules” but as “this device is here to protect you as well as the students.”

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