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A 7-year-old in Iowa is killed in a hit-and-run accident while crossing the street to board her school bus. State pupil transportation director Max Christensen tells SBF that a statewide task force is being formed to work on more ways to fight the stop-arm running problem.
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School transportation officials took part in more than 30 classroom and hands-on computer sessions on using the company's routing and planning software. Gwendolyn Santiago, executive director of the Texas Association of School Business Officials, gave the keynote address.
Read More →Jean Zimmerman of the School District of Palm Beach County in West Palm Beach, Fla., has successfully completed the association’s Special Needs Transportation Training Program.
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At the National School Transportation Association’s Capitol Hill Fly-In, members meet with representatives to push for continued protections for school bus operators, including the federal fuel tax exemption and the ban on transit encroachment. Association President Donald Fowler calls it “by far the best Capitol Hill Fly-In NSTA has put together in many years.”
Read More →Clark Barrineau fills the newly created position. He joins the organization from Nesbitt Research, a campaign consulting firm, where he oversaw research and communications operations for a variety of advocacy campaigns.
Read More →The Wireless Mach 4 is free of cords and cables — each column is powered by batteries and communicates with the other columns wirelessly. The lift is available in sets of four or six columns, and each column has a rated lifting capacity of 18,000 lbs.
Read More →The addition of the Gregory Poole Equipment Co. increases the number of Blue Bird customer service locations in North Carolina to seven full-service facilities, with multiple field-service technicians strategically positioned throughout the state.
Read More →NAPT Executive Director Mike Martin says that the association will work with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children "to advance the important messages that will help enhance the safety of our nation’s children."
Read More →As part of “Five Ways Ed Pays,” the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center purchases advertisements on 50 Houston Independent School District buses. The campaign highlights five personal benefits of achieving a four-year college degree, including better health, closer family, greater wealth, more security and stronger community.
Read More →The South Shore Regional School Board receives the Gold Nova Scotia Pupil Transportation Achievement Award for the second consecutive year. Inspectors look at such factors as driver training and accident reporting. The district also achieves the best score for the least number of defects found during the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board mechanical inspections.
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