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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 7, 2015

Parent questions change in district’s special-needs busing policy

The mother of a boy with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is concerned over a change from him riding a special-needs bus to a regular bus. Seminole County (Fla.) Public Schools no longer has the resources to provide special-needs buses, but does have monitors on buses, officials say.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 7, 2015

School bus driver fined for leaving special-needs student on bus

Thomas Naime, who had been a bus driver for Omaha (Neb.) Public Schools, was found guilty of caretaker neglect and fined $250 for leaving a pre-K student who depends on a feeding tube and has selective mutism on a bus in August.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 7, 2015

Special-needs training bill signed into law in New Jersey

The new law requires the development of a training program for New Jersey school bus drivers and aides on interacting with special-needs students.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 5, 2015

Special-needs aide aims for 50 years in transportation

Iowa’s Charlene Beaderstadt drove school buses for 30 years before retiring. Four months later, she was back on a yellow bus, this time attending to special-needs students.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 4, 2015

School bus aide helps special-needs student get new prosthetic leg

Debbie Brown of Maryland noticed a student in pain and having problems walking due to a prosthetic leg that kept falling off, and she helped coordinate getting her a new prosthetic free of charge.

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Managementby StaffDecember 4, 2015

School bus driver fatally shot

Anthony Bowers of Chicago, who had been a school bus driver for nearly 10 years, was shot in the head while leaving his home for work. Police have no suspects at this time and are reviewing area surveillance video.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 3, 2015

Virginia lawmaker proposes change to school bus stop-arm camera law

New legislation would clarify that police can issue citations by mail instead of having to deliver them in person, after Falls Church and Arlington County had stopped issuing citations in October.

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Managementby StaffDecember 3, 2015

Michelin campaign celebrates America’s bus drivers

The tire supplier’s #KeepThanksMoving conversation invites people to share their thanks and nominate a bus driver via social media.

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Safetyby Nicole SchlosserDecember 3, 2015

West Virginia district testing electrical extended school bus stop arm

Kanawha County Schools is testing an electric-powered extended stop arm that may become a more consistent upgrade to the current air-powered version it uses on 10 of its buses.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 3, 2015

No one on school bus hurt in hit-and-run

The bus was stopped to pick up a student when the driver of a Nissan Altima struck the back of the bus. The driver fled but was later caught by police.

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