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The Ohio mother passes the bus while it is stopped, with its lights flashing and stop sign activated, to pick up another child for school, and police cite the woman. The bus driver says that she had stopped at the child's home, but the child was not ready, so she continued on her route.
Read More →Police in Springboro, Ohio, respond to a report of a school bus being driven erratically. The driver of the special-needs bus reportedly registers at about 0.05% blood alcohol content. She resigns the next day.
Read More →Two-time cancer survivor Fred Taylor receives a winter coat and other cold-weather gear. Over the last 20 years that Taylor has been a bus driver, he has gained a significant amount of support from the community because of his positive attitude and compassion.
Read More →In the October accident, James Livery turned his school bus east onto a road, striking Vance H. Fether, who suffered severe head and abdominal injuries and died a short time later. Livery has been charged with vehicular homicide, vehicular manslaughter and failure to yield for a pedestrian.
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Transportation staff at South-Western City Schools in Grove City, Ohio, develop the concept for the video, and it is filmed and edited with the help of a local camera crew. Transportation Supervisor Tim Cox discusses with SBF how the idea for the video came about, its content and more.
Read More →At Columbus (Ohio) City Schools, an effort has fallen through to contract for temporary bus drivers to cover routes while permanent drivers complete their training and earn their commercial driver’s license. Officials say that morning elementary school routes may run up to 30 minutes late, and there may be some delays for high school bus passengers in the afternoon.
Read More →The company will begin providing transportation services for Valley View Local Schools in Germantown on July 1, and First Student will install additional safety features on the district's school buses, including GPS, onboard digital video cameras and Child Check-Mate electronic reminder systems. In other news, First Student President Linda Burtwistle receives the 2013 Ohio Glass Ceiling Award, which honors women in leadership positions.
Read More →The operations manager at Transit Service Inc. receives the 2013 William Rice Award of Excellence for Pupil Transportation Supervisor of the Year honor from the Ohio Association for Pupil Transportation. The award recognizes supervisors who exhibit outstanding leadership and professional conduct in the school transportation field, both in the districts they represent and in the state of Ohio.
Read More →Deliveries of the CE Series school buses to Columbus City Schools will begin in July. The buses will be powered by MaxxForce 7 engines and will seat 65 passengers.
Read More →Ariel Castro, the man who allegedly kidnapped and raped three Cleveland women, committed multiple violations as a school bus driver, which resulted in his firing last November. His infractions include leaving a child on a bus, making an illegal U-turn in rush hour traffic with a busload of students, and using the school bus to do his grocery shopping.
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