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Managementby StaffApril 10, 2013

EDULOG grows staff by 20

The company, which specializes in logistics and GPS for school districts, has hired 20 employees this month, who are being added in positions throughout the company, such as support, project management and software development. Company President Jason Corbally attributes the growth, in part, to the fact that EDULOG is providing more products and services.

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Managementby StaffApril 9, 2013

REI celebrates 75-year anniversary

Radio Engineering Industries Inc., which provides video surveillance and other solutions for various markets, including the school bus market, was founded in 1938 by Clyde H. Hays, and it continues to be family owned and operated. The company will mark the milestone with special activities throughout the year.

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Maintenanceby StaffApril 8, 2013

Blue Bird offers rack, pole tests as standard features

The manufacturer provides the Colorado Rack Test and the Kentucky Pole Test specifications — both of which pertain to structural integrity — as standard on its conventional and transit-style school buses.

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Safetyby Kelly RoherApril 8, 2013

North Carolina bill would increase bus-passing fines

Under the North Carolina School Bus Safety Act, the fines for such a violation range from a minimum of $500 to $5,000 depending on whether the motorist is convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony offense. The act also includes provisions for driver’s license revocation.

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Maintenanceby Thomas McMahonApril 8, 2013

4 students charged in school bus vandalism

At a Tennessee school, one bus had a broken window, and fire extinguishers had been removed from four buses and discharged inside one of them. A school resource officer develops information that leads to the arrest of three middle school students and one high school student.

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Safetyby StaffApril 8, 2013

Kentucky transportation secretary pushed for increased bus safety

Milo D. Bryant, who served as the state’s transportation secretary under Gov. Wallace Wilkinson in the 1980s, passed away last week at the age of 82. Bryant led a bus safety task force that recommended various improvements to school buses and driver training following the fatal 1988 school bus crash in Carrollton.

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Safetyby StaffApril 8, 2013

Man boards bus, leaves loaded gun magazine

Jeremy West follows a student on the Arizona district’s bus, and he convinces an adult bus aide that he is accompanying the student. After West leaves the bus, another student finds a fully loaded 9 mm magazine on the seat where West had been sitting. Police arrest him on Thursday, and the district is making changes to its policy on allowing parents on school buses.

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Managementby StaffApril 4, 2013

School Training Solutions team cycles Gulf Coast in relay

Director Patrick Willi and others from School Training Solutions, which provides online school bus driver training, set out on a 263-mile ride from New Orleans to Pensacola Beach, Fla., on April 5. Willi says that he hopes to use his experiences and stories from the bicycle relay to encourage road awareness and safety.

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Managementby StaffApril 4, 2013

Bus purchases deferred for Massachusetts Head Start programs

The purchases will be put off this year due to anticipated budget cuts stemming from the federal sequester. Officials at two agencies that run Head Start programs in the state say that they don’t yet know the extent to which their budgets will be impacted. The Patriot Ledger reports that the sequester reduced the budget for Head Start by 5%.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffApril 4, 2013

Safety director from Minnesota earns special-needs endorsement

Caryn Erickson of Adam Services Inc. completes the National Association for Pupil Transportation program, which provides educational opportunities for transportation personnel who serve students with disabilities.

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