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Managementby StaffMarch 18, 2011

Starcraft unveils new MFSAB

The manufacturer's new multi-function school activity bus, the Prodigy XP, offers steel-cage construction, seat belts and air conditioning among its standard features.

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Managementby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Feds to offer driver training on bullying

A free program specific to pupil transportation is expected to be released this summer. The U.S. DOE’s Kevin Jennings makes the announcement at the Transporting Students With Disabilities conference.

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Special Needs Transportationby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Special-needs conference covers training, growth

Workshops at the Transporting Students With Disabilities event focus on developing staff and students. School bus drivers and attendants compete in the special-needs roadeo.

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Managementby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Measures to increase school transportation funding rejected

The members of a Missouri House committee decide not to vote on amendments that would have provided an additional $35 million to the state’s school districts for transportation costs. The panel opts to stick with Gov. Jay Nixon's previous recommendation of $98 million in bus funding for the upcoming school year.

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Safetyby StaffMarch 17, 2011

School bus driver charged for texting while driving

Police charge Evelyn Guzman with risk of injury to a minor and reckless endangerment. Footage from the surveillance camera on her bus allegedly shows her texting; police believe Guzman sent and received 1,068 text messages while operating a bus between April 6 and May 15, 2010.

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Managementby StaffMarch 17, 2011

First Student wins Louisiana contract

Under the five-year agreement, the contractor will provide school bus service for the St. James Parish School Board beginning in April. The company will also provide all routing, maintenance and management services, and hire drivers for routes currently without a district driver.

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Safetyby StaffMarch 17, 2011

Boy attacked by moose near bus stop

A 6-year-old boy is taken to a medical center to receive treatment for a head injury he sustains after he is charged by a moose upon exiting his school bus. The boy's mother was waiting near the bus stop in her car.

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Managementby StaffMarch 15, 2011

Energy-efficient lighting installed in district’s parking lots

Lumetech Group outfits Dallas County Schools’ lots with the LED lighting solution. Officials estimate that annual energy savings will be in excess of 505,000 kilowatt-hour per year, and the district expects to save approximately $363,600 in electricity and lighting maintenance.

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Safetyby StaffMarch 15, 2011

Police search for men who harassed children at bus stop

The men approach a 5-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy in a car after following the bus they had been riding. The children ask the men why they were following the bus; one reportedly says it is because he is "a rapist."

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Safetyby StaffMarch 15, 2011

Bus driver fined for 'ignoring another bus' flashing lights'

Wendy Sue Restoule must pay $250 within the next six months for the incident. She was initially charged with failing to stop for a school bus — a violation punishable by a fine of up to $2,000 and six demerit points, but ahead of her trial, a plea was entered on her behalf to the lesser charge of disobeying a traffic control signal in her lane.

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