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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2012

Cook-Illinois launches employee wellness initiatives

The school bus contractor has invested more than $22,000 in programs for its drivers, including a discounted membership program with Charter Fitness, and removed junk food and soda from its subsidiaries' vending machines, among other efforts. Employees are reportedly losing weight and interacting with one another more.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2012

Blue Bird offers Performance Friction products

The school bus manufacturer’s North American dealers are now stocking the supplier’s Friction Carbon Metallic brake pads and Zero Failure rotors. This includes light- and medium-duty hydraulic pads and rotors, as well as heavy-duty air disc applications, for all makes in aftermarket school bus applications.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 1, 2012

Fleet management visionary Charles Arsenault retires

As the founder of maintenance software supplier Arsenault Associates steps down, Jack Boetefuer is named CEO. Arsenault launched the company to serve the fleet maintenance sector in 1979.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 1, 2012

Ind. bill aims to ban bus fees

Students and parents could not be charged a fee for transportation to and from school, under legislation that passed out of the Indiana House. The issue of school bus fees has been a source of contention in the state in recent years.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2012

Safety audit launched after girl dragged by bus

An 8-year-old girl in New York is pulled about 900 feet when her backpack gets caught in a closing school bus door, according to police. The driver is put on administrative leave, and the district begins an investigation of the incident and an audit of its transportation safety procedures.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2012

Starcraft completes 25,000th bus

The school and shuttle bus manufacturer reached the milestone earlier this month when Creative Bus Sales in Chino, Calif., took delivery of the bus for Nevada RTC. President of Starcraft Bus and Federal Coach David Wright presents an award to Tony Matijevich, owner and president of Creative Bus Sales, to commemorate the event.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2012

Trans Tech makes GSA’s list of approved vendors

The school bus manufacturer passes all U.S. General Services Administration testing standards and is placed on the list of approved vendors. Trans Tech can now sell its buses directly to federal agencies across the country.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2012

Huntington Coach receives $50K fleet equipment grant

The National School Transportation Association and Zonar Systems co-sponsor the grant, and it was presented to the school bus contractor during the association’s recent Mid-Winter Meeting. Company officials say the money will be used to finish installing GPS technology from Zonar on its fleets.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 27, 2012

Navistar names new marketing exec

Kathy Seegebrecht will serve the company as vice president, marketing, for the global bus division. Seegebrecht, who previously served as vice president, marketing, for Navistar’s parts group, replaces David Hillman.

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ArticlesJanuary 26, 2012

Contracting on the rise?

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy's 2011 school privatization survey found that 12.2 percent of districts in Michigan use privatized bus service, which is nearly triple the 2006 rate of 4.4 percent.

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