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Newsby StaffApril 6, 2016

Pilot Program Offers Transit Bus Rides for High Schoolers

In Denton, Texas, some high school students who don’t qualify to ride the yellow bus can get discounted transit passes and ride on an existing route to school.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 30, 2016

Texas School Bus Team Wins Special-Needs Competition

Cherie Daniels and Chris Lowery from Frisco Independent School District take first place in this year’s National Special Needs Team Safety Roadeo.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 22, 2016

School bus driver fired after near miss with train

A Texas driver drove over railroad tracks and stopped at a stop sign, but was still too close to the tracks, and a train just missed hitting the bus. She was fired for not following standard rail crossing procedures.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 11, 2016

Police: Boy escapes kidnapping attempt at bus stop

After exiting his school bus, a 13-year-old in Texas is approached by two men, who reportedly demand at gunpoint that he get in their car.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 11, 2016

Texas district tests school bus stop-arm extension

Bus Crossing Guard, an extra stop sign that extends 6 feet from the side of the bus, has been installed on 10 buses that transport McKinney ISD students.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonFebruary 5, 2016

Wrong-way truck driver arrested after hitting school bus

The school bus driver made an evasive maneuver that “prevented a potentially catastrophic tragedy,” officials for the Texas district say.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 12, 2016

Texas transportation veteran earns director certification

Anna Hamrick of Allen Independent School District has become a Certified Director of Pupil Transportation through NAPT.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 8, 2016

Texas district launches stop-arm camera program

Austin Independent School District partners with American Traffic Solutions to install stop-arm cameras on its school buses. For the first 30 days, the district’s police department will issue warnings to motorists who illegally pass a school bus.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 6, 2016

School bus collides with truck, crashes into home

A Texas school bus driver disobeyed a stop sign, collided with a truck, and then slammed into a house, police said. The students aboard and the two women in the home were not seriously harmed, but the driver of the truck was taken to the hospital.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserDecember 15, 2015

Student recognized for saving school bus driver’s life

After a driver became unresponsive, Courtney Garcia, an eighth-grade student in Texas, was able to use the two-way radio with no training and reach district transportation officials, who sent help. Garcia was given a certificate of recognition for her quick actions.

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