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Newsby Sadiah Thompson January 21, 2020

Special-Needs Student Struck by Vehicle While Boarding School Bus

Eighteen-year-old Sam Bryant is attempting to board his school bus when he is hit by a vehicle illegally passing the bus. He is transported and released from the hospital with minor injuries.

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Newsby StaffOctober 11, 2019

Florida, Kentucky to Provide Funding for New School Buses

The two states are offering funding for low-emission, alt-fuel school buses. Florida is also providing funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson August 16, 2019

Kentucky School Bus Driver Saves Family From Mobile Home Fire

Norman Miller, a driver with Lee County School District, stops his bus to extinguish a fire on the porch of a mobile home and rescue the family inside.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson August 15, 2019

Kentucky Lawmaker Seeks to Require Stop-Arm Cameras on School Buses

House Rep. Robert Goforth pushes for legislation that would require school districts to purchase and install stop-arm cameras on school buses by Aug. 1, 2023.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson August 2, 2019

Kentucky School Bus Drivers, Monitors Take Part in Positive Behavior Management Training

Approximately 300 drivers and bus monitors from four of the state’s school districts participate in a training designed to help pupil transporters respond to challenging student behavior on the bus using trauma-informed practices.

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Students Are Also Invested in School Bus Safety

I was recently reminded of all the ways in which students have used their talents to help improve safety in and around their buses by a news story out of North Carolina.

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Newsby StaffDecember 19, 2018

Editor's Picks 2018: Videos of the Year

A career spotlight on one special-needs school bus driver and second graders teaching school bus safety were a couple of School Bus Fleet’s web highlights in 2018.

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Newsby StaffOctober 5, 2018

School Bus Driver Rescues Child Who Wanders Into Street

Kentucky bus driver Bruce Vanover stops traffic to rescue the child before officers arrive at the scene, police said.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserAugust 20, 2018

District Loans Books Aboard School Buses to Boost Love of Reading

Fayette County (Ky.) Public Schools launches “Books on Board” on some buses on the first day of school. Elementary school students can borrow books when they board and return them when they exit.

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Newsby StaffAugust 13, 2018

Kentucky District Adds 20 School Bus Monitors

Jefferson County Public Schools will assign the new monitors to buses that must stop at a depot during a route, or that transport a large number of students for long periods of time.

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