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Safetyby Nicole SchlosserNovember 26, 2019

Former School Bus Driver Allegedly Steals Bus, Tries to Run Old Route

Sherry James of Tennessee, who resigned in October after video showed her using her phone while driving her bus, is arrested for allegedly stealing her old bus and trying to drive her former route, police said.

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Safetyby StaffNovember 25, 2019

Texas District Pilots Extended Stop Arms on Some Buses

Alvarado Independent School District installs extended stop arms on four buses that run on routes with multiple illegal passing incidents.

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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson November 22, 2019

School Bus Driver Starts Winter Clothing Drive for Students

Ivy Corliss, a bus driver with Lewiston (Maine) Public Schools, is collecting the donations after one of her students had no winter gear while waiting for the school bus.

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Alternative Fuelsby StaffNovember 22, 2019

New York Contractor, District Roll Out 4 Electric School Buses

The new buses for Suffolk Transportation and Bay Shore Union Free School District are part of the first production line series of electric models from Blue Bird.

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Safetyby Nicole SchlosserNovember 21, 2019

New N.Y. Law Requires School Bus Safety Component in Driver’s Ed, Testing

The law mandates at least one question about school bus safety on the written test for general driver’s license applicants and coverage of the topic in the state’s pre-licensing driver's education course.

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Alternative Fuelsby Nicole SchlosserNovember 21, 2019

Missouri Council Awards STA $20K Rebate for Propane School Buses

The Missouri Propane Education and Research Council’s rebate to Student Transportation of America is for its purchase of 10 of the alternative-fuel buses. The council has committed $1 million to help school districts in the state transition from diesel to propane buses.

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Managementby StaffNovember 20, 2019

School Bus Driver Honored on <I>Good Morning America</i> for Comforting Student

Isabel Lane of Wisconsin is honored during the news program’s “Make Your Monday” segment after a photo of her comforting a student on his first day of school went viral in September.

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Managementby Nicole SchlosserNovember 20, 2019

Arizona District Transitions to New School Bus Facility

The Chandler Unified School District #80 transportation team’s new 35,000-square-foot facility features five new vehicle lifts, 16 service bays, and a 1,400 square-foot parts department.

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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson November 19, 2019

Bill Would Require Seat Belts on British Columbia School Buses

Proposed legislation would require all new school buses purchased in the province after September 2021 to be equipped with seat belts.

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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson November 19, 2019

Car Strikes Man, 2 Girls Trying to Board School Bus

Nineteen-year-old Christopher Frachiseur of Georgia fails to stop for the school bus, jumps the curb, and drives onto the sidewalk past the right passenger side of the school bus, hitting a man and two students from the same family.

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