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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2020

Student Credited with Helping School Bus Driver During Medical Event

Ava Boenig of Connecticut calls 911 after her bus driver experiences a medical emergency behind the wheel.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson March 3, 2020

Student Fatally Struck While Waiting for School Bus

Six-year-old Jerrnia Horne is waiting at a school bus stop with her grandmother when she is fatally hit by a pickup truck.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2020

School Bus Driver Builds Wheelchair Ramp for Special-Needs Student

Bob Thacker of Ohio constructs a wooden, detachable, and portable ramp for the student and her mother after they suffer a fall that significantly injures the student. 

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 27, 2020

Former School Bus Driver Sentenced for Fatal New Jersey Crash

Hudy Muldrow Sr., who was criminally charged in the May 2018 crash, which killed a student and a teacher and injured over 40 passengers, gets 10 years in prison.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 25, 2020

Bills Aiming to Toughen Stop-Arm Running Penalties Advance

Legislation in Utah and Florida proposing to crack down on motorists who violate a stop arm by raising fines and, in Utah’s case, adding compensatory service, moves closer to potentially becoming law.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 25, 2020

California Conference Underscores Relationship Building, Communication

Building relationships for special-needs transportation and effective radio communication were a couple of the key topics covered during the California Association of School Transportation Officials' annual conference in Sacramento.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 25, 2020

FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Database IDs Nearly 8K Abuse Violations

The federal agency releases data showing that its Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse detected and identified nearly 8,000 positive substance abuse tests of commercial drivers since Jan. 6.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 20, 2020

Virginia District to Add Stop Arm, Safety Tech to School Buses

Chesapeake Public Schools will equip more than 500 of its buses with new safety technology, which will include BusPatrol's stop-arm cameras and Zonar’s smart fleet technology.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 19, 2020

Kansas School Bus Company Down One-Third of Staff Due to Flu

Kansas Central School Bus experiences significant driver and staffing shortage due to the virus and had to combine routes to get all students to and from school.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 14, 2020

Iowa District to Settle School Bus Fire Lawsuit for $4.8M

Riverside Community School District reaches a settlement with the family of a student who died in a 2017 school bus fire.

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