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Special Needs Transportationby StaffNovember 2, 2015

2 arrested after special-needs student left on school bus

A bus driver and aide for the School District of Palm Beach County (Fla.) have been charged with child neglect for leaving a student on a school bus for more than five hours.

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Safetyby Thomas McMahonNovember 2, 2015

No injuries as car crashes head-on into school bus

Police in Pennsylvania say that a stopped school bus was about to discharge students when a car failed to stop in time and slid into the front of the bus.

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Safetyby StaffNovember 2, 2015

Special-needs students rescued from flooded school bus

Four special-needs students and two adults were rescued from a bus caught in floodwaters caused by a severe storm in Texas. Meanwhile, three students and two adults were rescued from another flooded bus in the area, and no injuries were reported.

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Special Needs Transportationby Thomas McMahonOctober 30, 2015

School bus driver accused of assaulting special-needs student

Police say that when a 15-year-old passenger failed to follow the bus driver’s instructions, the driver pulled him out of his seat and struck him. Other students captured the incident in cell phone videos.

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Managementby StaffOctober 29, 2015

Kansas district renews First Student contract

Olathe Unified School District 233 awarded the company a new five-year contract to manage and operate more than 220 school bus routes.

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Managementby StaffOctober 29, 2015

Video of school bus driver texting while driving leads to policy change

After a bus driver is caught on video texting while driving students, Prince George’s County (Md.) Public Schools adds to its policy an amendment that would lead to a driver being suspended, demoted or terminated for the offense.

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Safetyby StaffOctober 28, 2015

Boy fatally struck by school bus after trying to retrieve backpack

A 5-year-old student in Alabama dropped his backpack in front of the bus. The bus driver started to pull away when she didn’t see him come out of his house.

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Managementby StaffOctober 28, 2015

Durham launches school bus tracking app

With the school bus contractor’s new app, Durham Bus Tracker, parents can view the location of their child’s bus in relation to their bus stop.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonOctober 28, 2015

School bus driver, <I>SBF</i> contributor John Horton to retire

For nearly 24 years, Horton has shuttled scores of students and trained other drivers. Meanwhile, his photography has illustrated many School Bus Fleet articles.

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Managementby StaffOctober 27, 2015

School bus driver, students connect with ‘the grandma in the window’

A woman who waves to students on a bus from her window every school day was no longer there recently, after suffering a stroke. The driver brought her flowers and the students made her a sign of them waving from inside the bus to show her how much she means to them.

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