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NewsDecember 21, 2020

Top 5 Most-Viewed News Stories of 2020

News stories that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2020 included coverage of new onboard safety practices amid COVID-19 and strategies for training and staff management.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2020

Relief Extended for License Delays due to COVID Disruptions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its COVID-19 emergency waiver of commercial drivers’ licenses, learners permits, and medical certificate requirements.

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NewsDecember 17, 2020

Top 5 Most-Viewed Feature Stories of 2020

Feature articles that drew the most traffic on the School Bus Fleet website in 2020 included coverage of new onboard safety practices amid COVID-19 and strategies for training and staff management.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson December 17, 2020

Georgia District Installs Technology to Clean Air on School Buses

Marietta City Schools adds Bus Clean Air Needlepoint Ionization systems on all 67 of its buses to combat COVID-19 and improve onboard safety.

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School Bus Fleet Blogby Nicole SchlosserDecember 11, 2020

School Bus Sales Dip, but Industry Holds on in Unprecedented Year

Although COVID-19 was unforeseen, we have seen bus sales drop even further — although more gradually — during the Great Recession and recovery, and they bounced back.

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NewsDecember 10, 2020

Study: Masks, Open Windows on Buses Reduce Potentially Infectious Particles

Not-for-profit MITRE’s research shows that opening windows, using fans can reduce exhaled airborne particles on the bus by up to 84%. Simply wearing a mask can reduce particle spread by 50% or more.

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NewsDecember 9, 2020

North Carolina District Adopts Suite of School Bus Safety, Fleet Tracking Solutions

Iredell-Statesville School District will use CalAmp’s Bus Guardian to safeguard against COVID-19 and the Here Comes the Bus app for fleet tracking and student safety.

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School Bus Fleet BlogDecember 7, 2020

School Bus Drivers Are Vital to Educational Equity

The National School Transportation Association has petitioned for school bus drivers to be made a high priority for phased allocation of COVID-19 vaccines. The association's president stresses that without a healthy and plentiful workforce of drivers, more children may be forced into less safe ways to get to school.

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Articlesby Sadiah Thompson December 7, 2020

Growing Ridership Tracking Capabilities Offer More Onboard Safety

School transportation leaders and suppliers share how the latest tracking tech can help with contact tracing for COVID-19, streamline parent communication, and manage sanitization practices.

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NewsDecember 3, 2020

Data Show Sharp Shift to Virtual Learning as COVID Cases Spike

According to Burbio, a community events data service that tracks school openings, 49% of K-12 students are attending school virtually, which is up from 43.5% last week, and 36.9% two weeks ago.

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