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Your district's "exception riders" — students with IEPs, those experiencing homelessness, foster care youth — deserve more than a middleman solution. This handbook breaks down exactly what to look for in a supplemental transportation partner: from driver vetting and regulatory compliance to proactive safety technology. Because getting a ride isn't the same as getting a safe one.
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Bill Landreth joins the company as general manager of parts and service, where he will work with dealerships to support Blue Bird’s service and support pledge, along with globally growing the parts and service division. He brings to the company more than 30 years of experience with parts and service management, specifically focused in the truck and school bus industries.
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The IPA Mobile Tire Pressure Equalizer has been redesigned to include air toggle valves, an internal storage compartment, side mounted hose hangers and holsters for aftermarket air chucks.
Read More →The contractor names Hartman senior director, marketing sales and support, where she will continue developing and executing customer marketing plans and brand strategies, and oversee the creation and production of business proposals for First Student.
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REI’s A.R.M.O.R.-Insight, a fleet management software solution, provides comprehensive, user-friendly reporting tools that help increase efficiencies, according to the company.
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In 1944, Charlie Nichols started driving a school bus as a teenager — and then bought the bus company the same year. Now, at 85, he continues to drive a bus every day.
Read More →In this year's one-day survey, 6,807 vehicles illegally passed stopped school buses in Georgia. That's down from 8,102 in 2011. Still, State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge calls the numbers "very alarming" and urges the public to make student safety a priority.
Read More →Deysi Nunez receives the California Highway Patrol Commander's Certificate of Commendation for her actions in the incident, and she will also be nominated for the department’s Bus Driver of the Year award. The men approach the bus and say something had been thrown out the window, and Nunez gets suspicious when they give conflicting answers when she asks if their car was damaged.
Read More →As the new school year approaches, the state Department of Education’s Pupil Transportation Unit reminds drivers of the recently passed Charles Poland Jr. Act, which makes school bus trespassing a Class A misdemeanor. The office also reminds drivers of the state’s laws regarding stopping for school buses.
Read More →Patrice Sanders will serve 21 months in prison for her actions in the incident, and she must then serve four years’ probation. After two girls began fighting on the bus, Sanders drove them and the other passengers to her house, ordered everyone off the bus and allowed the girls to fight in her front yard.
Read More →The Sentinel DVR Monitor combines an 8-inch LCD touch screen display, control box, and emergency backup battery with four camera inputs and a bonus input.
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