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Safetyby Brittany-Marie SwansonSeptember 7, 2012

Tractor-trailer, school bus crash kills 4

During its normal after-school route, a Blue Hill Community Schools bus collides with a tractor-trailer in a rural intersection. Both vehicles come to rest in a ditch and are engulfed in flames, killing the drivers of both vehicles and two students.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 6, 2012

American School Bus Council seeks coordinator

The contract role supports ASBC's marketing and operational activities and manages an upcoming project. Requirements include project management and school transportation industry experience.

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 6, 2012

Biometric solution uses eye scanning to track bus passengers

BlinkSpot’s iris scanning technology recognizes a child as he or she boards or exits the bus, and sends real-time reports to the school along with an individual e-mail to each parent verifying the location of their child and the time.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 6, 2012

Blue Bird honors long-time employees

The company honors 66 employees with employment milestones of 35 years or greater during a ceremony. The employees are awarded with a certificate of appreciation and a gift of $50 per five-year employment increment.

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 6, 2012

Boys leap from bus emergency exit, walk in traffic

The bus driver pulls over when the boys, ages 12 and 14, act unruly and one pokes holes in the seats with a sharp stick. When the bus stops, the boys jump from the rear emergency exit.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonSeptember 6, 2012

NAPT glitzes up awards ceremony

Taking a few cues from Hollywood, the association will add a literal red carpet and "swag" bags to its awards banquet this fall. Officials discuss the format changes with SBF.

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Managementby Thomas McMahonSeptember 5, 2012

Pittsburgh’s new school bus contract to save $1.8M

The school district collaborated with its 19 transportation providers to come up with the new agreement, which freezes a rate increase, among other changes. Director of Pupil Transportation Ted Vasser tells SBF about how the deal was worked out.

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Safetyby StaffSeptember 4, 2012

Article delivers the facts on school bus safety

North Carolina state pupil transportation director Derek Graham contributes a piece for the Southeast Education Network that thoroughly explains why yellow buses are the safest way for students to get to school.

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Managementby StaffSeptember 4, 2012

Feds issue annual state transportation report

The new 2011 edition of State Transportation Statistics includes a wide range of state-by-state information, such as the calculations showing which states had the highest and lowest number of highway traffic fatalities per 100,000 population in 2010.

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Maintenanceby StaffSeptember 4, 2012

Bus camera is compact, vibration resistant

Moxa Americas Inc.’s VPort P06-1MP-M12 IP surveillance cameras feature an operating temperature of minus 40 to 75 degrees C, vibration-resistant M12 connectors and a vandal-resistant housing.

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