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Newsby Nicole SchlosserApril 2, 2020

Alternative Pupil Transportation Provider Delivers Meals Curbside to Special-Needs Students

Hickman Mills C-1 School District in Kansas City, Mo., partners with ALC Schools to ensure that students who are unable to get to a bus stop receive meals during school closures spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newsby StaffMarch 30, 2020

Ricon Corp. Unveils Newly Designed Wheelchair Lifts

Features of the Classic S-Series and K-Series include an 800-pound lift capacity, audio and visual threshold warning system, and patented Sto-Loc technology to prevent lift drift.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 28, 2020

California Conference Session Highlights Support for Special-Needs Transporters

Ilah Feeney, a program administrator for the Solano County Office of Education, shares special-needs support strategies during a session for the California Association of School Transportation Officials' annual conference.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2020

School Bus Driver Builds Wheelchair Ramp for Special-Needs Student

Bob Thacker of Ohio constructs a wooden, detachable, and portable ramp for the student and her mother after they suffer a fall that significantly injures the student. 

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 25, 2020

California Conference Underscores Relationship Building, Communication

Building relationships for special-needs transportation and effective radio communication were a couple of the key topics covered during the California Association of School Transportation Officials' annual conference in Sacramento.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffFebruary 24, 2020

PHOTOS: 2020 CASTO Conference Highlights

Support for special-needs transporters, effective radio communication, and electric buses were among the topics covered at the California Association of School Transportation Officials' annual conference.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 19, 2020

Q’Straint Rebuilds Inclusion Swingset for Special-Needs School

Bright Horizons Center in Florida is gifted the newly renovated set by the wheelchair securement supplier.

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School Bus Fleet BlogJanuary 30, 2020

Don't Let Mainstreaming Go the Way of the Dinosaur

Author and motivational speaker Jim Lynch appeals to pupil transporters to learn about the educational value of mainstreaming students because, he says, the disabled population is changing daily.

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Photo Galleriesby Sadiah Thompson January 29, 2020

PHOTOS: Special-Needs Student Transporters in Action

In honor of our February 2020 special-needs issue, check out these photo submissions and those from previous stories highlighting special-needs transporters and the important aspects of their job.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2020

Alternative Pupil Transportation Provider Marks Milestones

ALC Schools completed more than 1.75 million student passenger trips in 2019 and is marking the one-year anniversary of its dispatch and operations center in Raleigh, N.C.

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