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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2015

School bus monitor arrested for hitting special-needs student with seat belt buckle

Video shows the Angleton (Texas) Independent School District monitor allegedly hitting a special-needs student several times with a seat belt buckle and a folder. She is charged with felony injury to a disabled person.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2015

Special-needs school bus driver is world track champion

Emma McGowan, a bus driver at Schaumburg (Ill.) Township Elementary District 54, won two gold and three silver medals at the World Masters Track and Field Championships in Lyon, France, over the summer.

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Newsby StaffNovember 2, 2015

2 arrested after special-needs student left on school bus

A bus driver and aide for the School District of Palm Beach County (Fla.) have been charged with child neglect for leaving a student on a school bus for more than five hours.

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ProductsOctober 31, 2015

Special-needs transportation manual

The fifth edition of Transporting Children with Disabilities is available through the National Association for Pupil Transportation.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 30, 2015

School bus driver accused of assaulting special-needs student

Police say that when a 15-year-old passenger failed to follow the bus driver’s instructions, the driver pulled him out of his seat and struck him. Other students captured the incident in cell phone videos.

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Newsby StaffOctober 5, 2015

Special-needs school bus driver, attendant inducted into district ‘Wall of Fame’

Driver Mary Ann Alves and attendant Joan Sutton were inducted into the Cypress-Fairbanks (Texas) Independent School District Wall of Fame. Both were also honored by the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation.

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ArticlesOctober 2, 2015

Special-needs transportation: We're good, but we could be better

We, as an educational system, have not been fulfilling our obligations to prepare all students for a successful post-secondary life — at least with regard to transportation skills.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2015

Supervisor honored for response to special-needs bus fire

During a field trip with about 100 special-needs students from Greenville (S.C.) County Schools, Melanie MacDonald quickly jumped into action when a bus caught on fire.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2015

Bus agency to make safety upgrades after autistic student’s death

Pupil Transportation Cooperative in California will push for electronic notification devices in its buses and have two adults monitor every bus to make sure no student is left on board following the death of a student on one of its buses last week.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2015

NSTA teams up with Autism Society for ‘Big Give’

The Big Give for Autism is an online advocacy and awareness campaign culminating in the largest nationwide fundraising event held for autism.

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