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Safetyby StaffAugust 6, 2007

Author pens book about individuals around the U.S. with special needs

LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Mooney, an author and graduate of Brown University, has written a book that chronicles the experiences of numerous indivi...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 6, 2007

Special-Needs Briefs — 8/6/07

Parents sue school board over alleged sexual abuse NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The parents of an autistic girl have sued the Metro Board of E...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 6, 2007

Is it nature or nurture?

In his February editorial, SBF Editor Steve Hirano posed the following questions to readers: Are great special-needs bus drivers born, or can they...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 2, 2007

Security act includes pupil transportation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The sweeping security act recently passed by Congress contains a provision for an assessment of the risk of a terrorist attack...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 2, 2007

Durham acquires New Jersey contractor

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Durham School Services, the third-largest school bus contractor in the U.S., has acquired Murphy Bus Service in New Jersey....

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Safetyby StaffAugust 2, 2007

Ohio county offers ‘instant’ background checks

CINCINNATI — School districts in Hamilton County can now request free criminal background checks on their bus drivers. Clerk of Courts Greg H...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 2, 2007

Bus Briefs — 8/2/07

School bus involved in bridge collapse MINNEAPOLIS — Fifty-two children and nine adults returning from a field trip aboard a school bus s...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 2, 2007

New state director named in New Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. — Jerry Ford has been named director of the Office of Student Transportation for the New Jersey State Department of Education, replacin...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 1, 2007

FTA orders transit agency to stop school bus routes

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — On July 30, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) notified the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) that ...

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Safetyby StaffAugust 1, 2007

Thomas donates 1940 school bus to museum

HIGH POINT, N.C. — The North Carolina Transportation Museum will add its first school bus to the collection with the donation of a restored 1940 scho...

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