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Special Needs Transportationby StaffSeptember 6, 2013

Funding cuts lead to fewer aides on district’s buses

Alpine School District in American Fork, Utah, faced a 5% cut in federal funding for special education due to sequestration, and in working to balance the needs in the classroom and on buses, the district reduced the number of aides for special-needs routes from 100 to 67.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffSeptember 6, 2013

U.S. DOE offers guidance on bullying of special-needs students

An official from the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services blogs on the topic, writing that “IEPs, as well as 504 plans, can be useful in outlining specialized approaches for preventing and responding to bullying, as well as providing additional supports and services to students with disabilities.” Resources with tips are also offered in the post.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

Stock Transportation acquires Ontario school bus operation

Stock Transportation Ltd. gains 30 new drivers and 23 additional routes in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, after buying the student transportation division of McLellan Transportation Co. Ltd. McLellan has provided student transportation in the area since 1923.

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Maintenanceby StaffSeptember 5, 2013

3rd school bus inspector hired in Iowa

The addition of a third inspector was enabled by recent legislative approval to increase the state school bus inspection fee from $28 to $40 per vehicle. Tom Simpson, previously the transportation director for Humboldt (Iowa) Community School District, is appointed to the new inspector position.

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Safetyby Kelly RoherSeptember 5, 2013

District’s ‘School Bus Jive’ video teaches safety rules

Transportation staff at South-Western City Schools in Grove City, Ohio, develop the concept for the video, and it is filmed and edited with the help of a local camera crew. Transportation Supervisor Tim Cox discusses with SBF how the idea for the video came about, its content and more.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonSeptember 4, 2013

Safety competition champ Antonio Perez joins California DOE

Perez will work for the state Office of School Transportation as bus driver instructor training program specialist. He previously served as instructor at San Dieguito Union High School District, and he has won the transit category in the School Bus Driver International Safety Competition for the past two years in a row.

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Safetyby Kelly RoherSeptember 4, 2013

Volunteers make district’s ‘Bus Buddies’ program a success

A total of 351 community volunteers from 53 businesses and organizations participate in Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District’s program, which is designed to help new bus riders find their bus stops during the first few days of school. The program is a partnership between the district’s Volunteers in Public Schools and the Cy-Fair Houston Chamber of Commerce.

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 4, 2013

Driver charged for leaving 5-year-old on bus

The Sanger, Texas, school bus driver is arrested and faces charges of abandonment and endangerment of a child criminal negligence in last week’s incident. The boy boarded the bus in the morning and wasn’t discovered until the afternoon.

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Maintenanceby Thomas McMahonSeptember 3, 2013

Navistar adds Cummins ISB engine for school buses, trucks

IC Bus CE Series school buses and International DuraStar trucks with the Cummins ISB 6.7-liter engine will be Navistar's first medium-duty vehicles with selective catalytic reduction emissions aftertreatment.

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Safetyby Kelly RoherSeptember 3, 2013

North Carolina changes school bus replacement rules

Under the state’s budget that was approved earlier this summer, a school bus is eligible for replacement when it is either 20 years old or has been operated for 250,000 miles, up from 200,000 miles. While advocates of the changes say that it will save money and promote more efficient use of school buses, some industry officials express differing views.

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