Milagros Pena is charged with careless and reckless driving, and with driving too fast for road conditions, after she drove off the shoulder of a muddy roadway and the bus slid and overturned.
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The achievements tie in to one of the association’s goals: to increase the number of pupil transportation professionals who are certified by NAPT. One of the certifications focuses on special-needs transportation.
Read More →A 14-year old girl in New Jersey was seriously injured after being hit by a car while crossing a highway to board her bus. The bus was stopped with its stop arm extended and red lights activated, police say.
Read More →The Child Safety Network will recommend the COPsync911 threat-alert system to meet school transportation safety protocols.
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Anita Krasteva and her brothers Petar and Angel were top entrants in the 2016 North Carolina poster contest. Anita went on to win a national title.
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Penny Rae Kirby of Pennsylvania allegedly fails to check her bus after her route and leaves a sleeping boy on board. She is being charged with endangering the welfare of a child.
Read More →Paul Pixley of Connecticut was arrested for allegedly falling asleep while driving a bus with 30 students on board on Dec. 16. Pixley reportedly told police that he may have taken Nyquil before driving that day.
Read More →Shane Evans of West Virginia helps a woman who boards his bus when she is followed on board by a man who is threatening her. He is able to get the man to leave, speed off, and contact police.
Read More →The Cyr Foundation for Excellence in School Transportation now offers a program designed to increase awareness and sensitivity of school bus drivers, attendants, and monitors to gender-related issues.
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One of the West Coast Collaborative projects will retrofit 41 heavy-duty diesel school buses in California.
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