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ArticlesAugust 1, 2003

Ask the Experts: Order or Chaos?

School transportation is a conservative business. Getting kids safely between home and school by way of yellow school buses has been a static and succ...

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2002

What's New in the Top 100

Buncombe County retrofits engines for cleaner emissions As part of its Voluntary Diesel Retrofit Program, the Environmental Protection Age...

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ArticlesSeptember 1, 2002

Parents Speak Out: Ideas for Your School Bus Operation

According to Rick Iannelli, supervisor of transportation for Arlington (Mass.) Public Schools, the most unreasonable thing he ever heard from a parent...

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ArticlesFebruary 1, 2002

Maintaining Order on Unruly Middle-School Routes

A transportation director once told the story of his first day on the job at a small rural school district. He went to the driver’s lounge and i...

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ArticlesFebruary 1, 2002

Training Drives Success at Texas School District

Northside Independent School District in Greater San Antonio is faced with a population explosion that shows no sign of subsiding. Currently transport...

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2000

A passenger's perspective on the daily school bus ride

An important perspective that’s often overlooked in the pupil transportation industry is that of the passengers. Until last June, my morning routine included spending an hour on a Blue Bird. I know very well the attitudes of most of my peers when it comes to school buses, and I’d like to share some of my observations.

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ArticlesDecember 1, 2000

NAPT 2000 Focuses on Curbing School Bus Violence

Meeting in Buffalo, N.Y., delegates learned about predicting and responding to school violence, as well as handling the media, special-needs challenges and transportation funding.

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ArticlesOctober 1, 2000

A teacher discovers the importance of bus drivers

I am a middle-school teacher for the Greater Clark County School Corporation in southern Indiana. Six years ago, I was asked by the principal to act as the liaison between the school and its bus drivers.

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ArticlesSeptember 1, 2000

New Technology, Student Discipline Tackled at Southeastern Conference

Conference celebrates 50th anniversary by addressing key pupil transportation issues, such as new technology, student discipline and operator liability.

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ArticlesAugust 1, 2000

How to Get Control of a Rowdy Bus

Getting drivers, supervisors, building administrators and parents moving in the same direction is the key to creating an integrated behavior management program. Of course, driver training can't be overlooked either.

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