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More than 30 Bonner Springs, Kan., firefighters and paramedics participated in the school bus contractor’s training program on bus evacuation to better enable them to assist in an emergency on a school bus. The first responders tested their training hands-on as they explored two styles of buses and could see how each emergency exit worked, including the different door options and roof hatches.
Read More →Our 2016 survey of school district transportation departments found that 90% of respondents had a shortage of school bus drivers. Meanwhile, more than three-fifths of districts surveyed raised driver pay this year.
Read More →Students and transportation staff from San Antonio Independent School District team up to produce a video for this year’s National School Bus Safety Week. The video is set to an iconic, catchy tune: “The Name Game.”
Read More →The school bus manufacturer in May will begin filling an order from the contractor for 288 Saf-T-Liner EF units. Along with a redesigned cockpit, the bus features a Cummins engine with selective catalytic reduction technology to meet EPA emissions requirements.
Read More →The contractor was recognized as the top corporate sales team for the Special Olympics Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby for the seventh year, having sold 3,312 ducks and raised $14,094 to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.
Read More →The school bus contractor works with first responders in Illinois for a training drill on evacuating school buses. The first responders explored five styles of school buses and could see how each emergency exit worked, including the different door options and roof hatches. In other news, Durham's parent company, National Express Corp., is awarded a safety management system certificate for the provision of student transportation services within North America.
Read More →Durham Public Schools Foundation is ensuring that 50 new school bus drivers don't have to pay out of pocket for testing before getting behind the wheel.
Read More →All employees are essential to keeping a pupil transportation operation running smoothly, with school bus drivers being one of the most critical. Substitute school bus drivers are no less important than regular bus drivers. In fact, officials suggest these drivers can make or break an operation.
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Read More →The IoT solution from Numerex and RTC enables remote, two-way communications between the school district’s central traffic office and an embedded electronic device in the flasher signal signs, company officials said.
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