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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson May 16, 2019

Ohio City OKs 3-Point Belt Pilot in School Buses

Avon Lake City Council agrees to support a pilot program to install lap-shoulder belts on Avon Lake City Schools buses.

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Managementby StaffMay 15, 2019

Michigan District Rolls Out School Bus Tracking App, New Routing Feature

Wayne-Westland Community Schools adopts Synovia Solutions’ “Here Comes the Bus” app and its new routing feature on its 87 buses.  

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Managementby StaffMay 15, 2019

School Bus Driver Honored on <I>Good Morning America</i> for Mother’s Day

Terrie Campbell of Florida wins the news program’s annual Mother’s Day “Breakfast in Bed” for her kindness towards students.

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Special Needs Transportationby Nicole SchlosserMay 14, 2019

Micro Bird Expands Capacity in New G5 Bus

The Type A school bus manufacturer's G5 can now accommodate 36 passengers. Those equipped with wheelchair lifts have room for six passengers with wheelchairs and three additional passengers. 

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Safetyby StaffMay 14, 2019

Student Fatally Struck at School Bus Stop

The 8-year-old North Carolina student steps into the path of an SUV for an unknown reason and is hit while waiting at her bus stop.

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Safetyby Nicole SchlosserMay 14, 2019

New York Associations, Law Enforcement Partner to Combat Stop-Arm Running

Law enforcement and community leaders join the New York Association for Pupil Transportation and New York School Bus Contractors Association to raise awareness of illegal school bus passing.

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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson May 13, 2019

School Bus Driver Wins National Award for Reflective Safety Belts

Katee Horner of Montana receives second place in First Student’s 2019 Be First Awards after purchasing reflective safety belts for students to wear at school bus stops.

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Special-Needs Student Bitten By Another Student on School Bus

Ten-year-old Lillian Waldron, who, her mother says, is developmentally delayed and nonverbal, gets off the school bus crying after being bitten multiple times by another student on the bus.

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Safetyby Nicole SchlosserMay 13, 2019

Canadian School Bus Driver Urges Feds to Require Seat Belts

Gary Lillico of British Columbia starts a petition calling to make seat belts on school buses mandatory after learning that a school bus safety report about the belts had been found to be flawed.

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Safetyby Sadiah Thompson May 10, 2019

School Bus Driver, Aide Honored for Helping Save Student’s Mother

Skip Torpey and Linda Harris of New York are being recognized for helping save a student’s mother who went unconscious during their bus route last month.

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