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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2011

Anti-bullying advocate to speak at NAPT Summit

Author Jodee Blanco, who penned Please Stop Laughing At Me . . . One Woman’s Inspirational Story about her years as a student outcast, will give a keynote presentation during the event in Cincinnati in October. Blanco also developed a bullying prevention program called It’s NOT Just Joking Around!

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Newsby StaffMarch 29, 2011

Loophole closed in bus passing law

After a missing "at" in Virginia's law on school bus stop-arm running allowed a motorist to avoid conviction, legislation was introduced to clarify the wording. It was signed by the governor last week and went into effect immediately.

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Newsby StaffMarch 28, 2011

Utah governor approves school bus advertising bill

The legislation, which was rejected by the House in January, is brought back under a motion to reconsider it, and an amended version is eventually passed. The bill allows school boards to sell advertising space on the exterior sides of buses.

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Newsby StaffMarch 25, 2011

Durham donates services to Special Olympics event

The school bus contractor provides seven buses and has nine employee volunteers to help out at Special Olympics Illinois’ annual Polar Plunge. In other news, the company wins contracts for school districts in Wisconsin and Illinois.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2011

First Student names new contract manager

Dennis Ryan is promoted to the position for the company's Niles, Mich., location. Ryan manages all aspects of daily transportation operations, including maintenance, safety and training.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2011

Bus driver keeps cool in icy accident

When a car collides with Leonard Davis' school bus, pushing it off the icy road and down an embankment, he manages to get the bus back on all four tires and onto the road. The veteran bus driver is credited with keeping more than 50 students and staff members safe.

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Newsby StaffMarch 24, 2011

Forum to review truck, bus safety

At the National Transportation Safety Board event, agency and industry officials will discuss the safety progress made over the past decade as well as new ideas for future improvements. The announcement follows two fatal tour bus crashes in New York and New Jersey this month.

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Newsby StaffMarch 23, 2011

Police to participate in Operation Safe Stop Day

Next Wednesday, officers around New York State will ride in school buses and in marked and unmarked patrol units on selected bus routes that have a history of illegal bus passing complaints and issue tickets to violators. Final figures will be made available to state and local officials, as well as the media.

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2011

Student charged with felony for bomb threat

Police say that a school bus driver saw the 11-year-old boy on the bus with a device that resembled a bomb, and that the driver heard the boy threaten to detonate it on the bus or in a school. SWAT teams determine that there are no explosives on the device, but police take the boy into custody.

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Newsby StaffMarch 22, 2011

REMINDER: Tips for promoting the importance of school buses

A free web seminar this Thursday that is sponsored by the American School Bus Council and presented by SBF will offer guidance on communicating the environmental, economic, educational and safety benefits of the yellow bus.

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