School bus services in the state would be paid for out of the transportation budget rather than the general fund to help legislators comply with a Supreme Court order to increase basic education funding for students. House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan says that any money for bus service would have to come out of revenue generated from a transportation funding package that lawmakers may put before voters next year.
Read More →A Washington district bus parked in front of a Walmart proves to be a big draw for donations. In last year’s Stuff the Bus event, the Lakewood School District transportation staff collected more than 4,000 pounds of food. This year, they said that the bus seemed to be filling even faster.
Read More →The NEXBUS units will be used by the school bus contractor to provide student transportation to Seattle Public Schools and Portland (Ore.) Public Schools. The propane fuel system was developed in partnership with CleanFUEL USA.
Read More →Issaquah School District #411 holds a school bus tour for incoming kindergartners and their parents that includes a practice run of unloading and crossing the street, as well as a stop at a school to see how the buses line up.
Read More →The transportation department of Stanwood-Camano (Wash.) School District #401 implements the MobileCamViewer mobile surveillance application from mobiDEOS to help keep transportation routines intact. The district's transportation director downloads the app to his iPad, which allows him to access his entire perimeter cameras live from a single screen.
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