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Safetyby StaffJanuary 6, 2015

School bus driver, student killed in bus-train collision

A bus driver in Larimore, North Dakota, was returning students home on Monday after school when he struck a train. He failed to yield to a stop sign, officials say. A 17-year-old girl was also killed and 12 students were injured.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffJanuary 5, 2015

Bus aide charged with attacking autistic student

Clara McGriff, a monitor in Polk County, Florida, allegedly hit the boy while he was restrained in a harness and pressed him against the side of a bus numerous times. She is facing child abuse charges and has been suspended without pay.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffJanuary 5, 2015

District apologizes for taking blind student’s cane as punishment

North Kansas City (Mo.) Schools apologized for confiscating a blind student’s cane last month and giving him a foam tube to use instead. The boy threw the cane into the air as he was tapping it to music while on the bus, and school officials thought he was getting violent.

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Alternative Fuelsby StaffJanuary 5, 2015

Connecticut district saves $200K with propane school buses

Contractor All-Star Transportation acquired 51 Blue Bird Propane Vision Type C school buses to service Torrington Public Schools about two years ago when the district was looking to replace some of its older diesel school buses.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Special-needs kindergartner left alone on bus for 7 hours

A driver for North Thurston School District in Lacey, Washington, resigned last month after admitting to not completing a check of his bus. The 6-year-old boy was supposed to be dropped off at a day care center, but was found later that evening asleep on the bus.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Police officers train for school bus emergencies

About a dozen Roanoke, Virginia, police officers participate in tactical training on the city’s school buses to familiarize them with the vehicles in the event of a crisis such as a crash, fire or hostage situation.

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Managementby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Diesel price still on the decline

The average diesel price in the U.S. is down to $3.213 per gallon — the lowest point in four years.

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Managementby StaffDecember 31, 2014

New York association donates over $5K to charities

The New York School Bus Contractors Association recently presented the United Way of Long Island with a check for $3,640 and the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund with a check for $1,610.

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Safetyby Thomas McMahon and Nicole SchlosserDecember 31, 2014

Editors’ Picks: Videos of the Year

School Bus Fleet’s favorite videos of 2014 were creative approaches to delivering school bus safety messages to students.

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Safetyby StaffDecember 31, 2014

NHTSA: Traffic fatalities dropped 3.1% in 2013

Newly released federal data also show a nearly 25% decline in overall highway deaths since 2004.

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