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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 12, 2016

Driver Cited After 5-Year-Old Left in School Van

In Nebraska, police investigate a report of a boy who was not dropped off at home after school. They find the 5-year-old unattended in a school van.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 12, 2016

School Bus Driver Killed, 15 Students Injured in Crash at Airport

Kari Chopper is preparing to leave the Denver International Airport when she apparently makes a wrong turn, crashes into a pillar, and is killed. Fifteen students and three coaches are injured in the crash.  

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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2016

Special-Needs Student Safe After Jumping Out of School Bus

In Texas, a 14-year-old boy unbuckles his seat belt, moves quickly to the front of the bus, and jumps off as the bus travels down a freeway. He is found safe walking down another freeway one hour later. 

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 12, 2016

School Bus Driver Accused of Leaving Special-Needs Student on Bus

Tiffeny Beatrice Avery of California is charged with one count of felony child abuse for allegedly leaving a preschool student alone on a bus for an hour.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 12, 2016

North Carolina District Extends Contract With First Student

First Student will continue to provide special-education bus transportation for Guilford County Schools through the 2021 school year.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 8, 2016

Driver Shortage Cited in Toronto School Bus Delays

Two Toronto school districts issue alerts that some of their contractors’ school buses are significantly delayed “due to an unanticipated bus driver shortage.”

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2016

Student Fatally Struck By School Bus

As a 12-year-old boy in Wisconsin walks home from the first day of school, he crosses an intersection and is hit and killed by a school bus, which is making a turn into the intersection.

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ArticlesSeptember 7, 2016

How Fleet Telematics Tools Help Track, Improve Driver Behavior

Real-time GPS tracking, video integration, and driver behavior algorithms are used to create tools such as driver score cards, reports, and alerts that help drivers and managers correct unsafe habits and reinforce safe ones.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 6, 2016

District’s Routes to Start on Time Despite Bus Fire

Thanks to several districts across Washington loaning buses, Puyallup School District runs routes on the first day of school as planned despite a recent fire that destroyed 20 buses.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 2, 2016

Q&A: App Exec Talks Data Solutions for School Transportation

Patrick Gallagher, SafeStop’s director of sales, shares how the company’s app has increased communication between school districts and parents. Gallagher also foresees more data access as a potential solution to bus driver shortage.

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