Here, we share photos submitted to us from pupil transporters around the country showing operations and buses in a range of conditions courtesy of Mother Nature.
Weather: Sun, Snow and Rainbows
Debbie Wheaton of Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District No. 6 in Cottonwood, Ariz., submitted this striking photo.
This shot submitted by Tom Knick of Clearview Local Schools in Lorain, Ohio, was taken after a windy snowstorm. He says the wind forced the bus doors open, and this was the result.
The transportation staff at Campbell (Calif.) Union School District were greeted by this rainbow in the bus yard after a storm. Shot submitted by Chrissie Stevenson.
The transportation employees at Spotsylvania (Va.) County Schools caught a glimpse of a rainbow in their bus yard. Photo submitted by JoLynn Carter.
John Clements of Kings Canyon Unified School District in Reedley, Calif., sent us this photo. He says the shot was taken by Cindy Roberts while she stopped to check the bus' tire chains.
Sid Bartos snapped and submitted this shot. He says it was taken on a field trip to central Ohio. Bartos works for Mason (Ohio) City School District, which is located in a suburb of Cincinnati.
Looks like the staff at All-Star Transportation in Torrington, Conn., had their work cut out for them after this snowstorm! George Lescadre submitted the photo.
Jena Piper of Washington Elementary School District #6 in Glendale, Ariz., snapped this shot in the operation's bus yard. Submitted by Antonio Mlynek.
John Fahey with Tyler Technologies submitted this shot of buses at First Student's terminal in Buffalo, N.Y.
Patrick Clark of Licking Heights Local Schools in Pataskala, Ohio, says he took this photo while starting the school system's fleet at 4 a.m. It was 3 degrees outside, with 35 to 40 mph winds.
Laura Forty captured this sunrise in Crystal Lake, Ill. Forty works for the Transportation Joint Agreement operating at Crystal Lake School Districts 47 and 155.
Tom Carroll submitted this shot from his operation's bus yard in the 1970s. Carroll, who works for Shasta Union High School District in Redding, Calif., says that while snow like this isn't a "big deal" for some folks, "it doesn't snow at 500 feet very often."
A blizzard in Maryland in 2010 covered these Ryan Transportation buses with quite a bit of snow. Photo submitted by Joyce Glorioso.
This bus' wheel got a punk-ish embellishment thanks to some ice. The photo was shot and submitted by Michelle Wolfe of C.A.R.S. Head Start in Hall, Ind.
Darleen Fernquist of Maine-Endwell Central School District's transportation department in Maine, N.Y., sent us this photo of her operation's bus yard after a snowstorm.