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A multi-vehicle collision caused a Polk County school bus carrying 37 students to overturn on its way to Winter Haven High School.
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First Light Safety Products’ School PPE Purchase Program aims to provide a guaranteed supply of the masks at below-market prices, after demand outpaced its recent donation of 90,000 masks.
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The products are intended to help curb the spread of germs on public and commercial transportation vehicles.
Read More →The paper details the reasons for the association’s support for seat belts, common objections to adding them to school buses, and guidance on making the decision to require lap-shoulder belts in new buses.
Read More →Conducted by School Bus Fleet, findings include adjusting personnel duties, some downsizing due to school closures, and significantly boosted cleaning routines. Respondents anticipate major routing changes as schools reopen.
Read More →Crucial practices include educating and negotiating with districts to continue compensation while buses aren’t running, following safety procedures consistently, and keeping abreast of loan and legal resources, experts say.
Read More →The recommendations include seating one student every other row, increased cleaning and disinfecting of buses, and drivers wearing cloth masks.
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The supplier’s EVIR solution has a new electronically verifiable configuration designed to help ensure that each step in the cleaning and disinfecting process takes place before and after every trip.
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School Bus Fleet’s recent webinar, “Getting Paid, Staying Afloat: How Contractors Can Cope With the COVID Shutdown” is now available online.
Read More →The Student Transportation Aligned for Return To School (STARTS) Task Force will be a collaboration among NASDPTS, NAPT, and the NSTA, to research, review, and report on matters relating to COVID-19.
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Sonny Merryman Inc. of Evington, Va., is named the 2019 Dealer of the Year, the sixth win for its team since the awards were established in 1986.
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