First Student Expands Canadian Operations
The school transportation provider signs a deal to acquire Quebec-based school bus company Sabem SEC.
The school transportation provider signs a deal to acquire Quebec-based school bus company Sabem SEC.
The school bus company gives one of its buses to Parkertown Volunteer Fire Company to help transport equipment during emergencies.
The new offering was built specifically for the North American market.
The wireless connectivity provider continues to expand its Internet-of-Things (IoT) capabilities as regions continue to adopt 5G.
Despite a dire forecast last week from the state's student transportation association, Connecticut schools seemed largely unfazed Monday by worries about a bus driver walkout.
Jane Franck, a school bus driver for Springfield Public Schools for the past 30 years, shares her joy for the job and the students she serves.
Jean Cronin, vice president of the Connecticut School Transportation Association, wrote a letter warning of "a major catastrophe looming" as school bus drivers face a Sept. 27 vaccination compliance deadline.
Plans include expediting driving tests and expanding recruitment outreach to current commercial driver’s license holders.
"The Route" starts its journey with an episode that recaps some of the top pupil transportation news in recent weeks.
The new solution, called RideIQ, is designed to provide school transportation staff with tools to create and optimize individualized or small-group transportation plans for students.
Listen to SBF Executive Editor, Wes Platt, discuss the potential of waiving CDL requirements for drivers, NASDPTS cancelling their in-person event, as well as a group of MO students who saved their driver in this episode of The Route.
In this video from Jefferson County Public Schools, we get to know a little about bus driver Bob Pendygraft.
State officials in New York, Ohio, and South Carolina, are considering deploying National Guard troops to help drive buses as many school districts face a driver shortage.
Up to 250 personnel will be available to assist school districts in Chelsea, Lawrence, Lowell, and Lynn.
These days, when Valerie Blaha isn’t busy planning routes for special-needs students in the Spring (Texas) Independent School District, she’s back behind the wheel of a bus.
Markie Bibb, who drives for the Fort Zumwalt (Mo.) School District, displays a sign in memory of Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz. Schmitz, a Marine with the 1st Division, was among those killed in a terror attack outside the Kabul airport in August. He was a 2019 graduate of Fort Zumwalt South High School.
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