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ArticlesNovember 1, 2002

Putting Software to Work in the Bus Garage

By some accounts, Royce Gillespie, transportation supervisor at Kane County School District in Kanab, Utah, is a rare manager among his peers. Oversee...

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ArticlesNovember 1, 2002

Head Start Program Fosters Team Environment, Community Support

The Economic Opportunity Foundation's (EOF) Head Start program in Kansas City, Kan., bases its success upon a simple philosophy — putting childre...

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ArticlesNovember 1, 2002

Torn Apart: The Transportation Budget Struggle

One of the most common laments these days among school transportation operators is that there just isn't enough money to go around. Budget shortfalls ...

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ArticlesNovember 1, 2002

Parts Sales Pinches by Budget Shortfalls

To what degree is the weak economy affecting school transportation department's purchase of bus parts? How are schools coping? And to what degree are ...

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ArticlesNovember 1, 2002

Are Your Drivers and Attendants Prepared for a Bus Fire?

It's good that the pupil transportation industry is blowing its horn lately, focusing on the relative safety of the school bus over other modes of tra...

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2002

Fitness Standards

Working odd hours in a mostly sedentary job, school bus drivers face a difficult challenge when it comes to maintaining a high level of personal healt...

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2002

NHTSA Proposes New Category of School Buses

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has proposed a new category of small school buses for transporting children in trips other ...

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2002

When ‘Please’ Doesn’t Work. . .

Two young flight attendants were having a difficult time trying to control the behavior of three unaccompanied minors on a flight to Chicago. That ...

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2002

Tips for Streamlining Your Operation

At the National Association for Pupil Transportation’s annual conference in Greensboro, N.C., Rick Rothberg, coordinator of operations and training fo...

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Articlesby StaffNovember 1, 2002

Amputee Gets Job Back, But No Damages

CASE TODD A. PORTER v. ARTHUR A. ELLIS VENUE U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Filed July 10, 2002 SUMMARY A school bus driver wh...

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