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Transportation provider Schmitty & Sons collaborates with two electricity cooperatives to deploy an all-electric school bus this fall.
Read More →At Bethlehem Central School District in Delmar, N.Y., Director of Transportation Alfred Karam has adopted a businesslike approach to running the transportation department, while also focusing on student safety.
Read More →Small missteps in wheelchair securement can have serious consequences. Here are 32 tips from experts to reduce risk and increase student safety on the bus.
Read More →The enhancements are intended to ensure safe, transparent, state-of-the-art rides for students and families.
Read More →Under the legislation approved by Gov. Lincoln Chafee, drivers and monitors who have received training may give an epinephrine injection (or EpiPen shot) to a student suffering from severe allergies while traveling to or from school or a school-related event. School bus providers must be given medical documentation by parents that the epinephrine has been legitimately prescribed.
Read More →Hudson Bus Lines teams up with the Travis Mills Foundation on a “Plane Pull” event to raise the funds for a retreat for veterans and their families.
Read More →Lurlean Hinton-Hodges, a school bus driver with Lakeside Bus in Wisconsin, receives the Milwaukee Superintendent’s Award for Excellence in Education for starting a reading program on her bus.
Read More →More details on the Fareless System Initiative — including costs, potential funding sources, and the possibility of including other L.A. County bus agencies — is expected to come next month.
Read More →The director of transportation at Bethlehem Central School District in Delmar, N.Y., has adopted a businesslike approach to running the transportation department, while also focusing on student safety. The transportation team was able to reduce its overall transportation budget by about $900,000 for the 2012-13 school year, and tracking key performance indicators has increased efficiency.
Read More →Houston Independent School District’s back-to-school transportation training program includes hands-on drills in railroad crossing safety, gang awareness, student management, hurricane preparedness and other topics. As Transportation General Manager Nathan Graf puts it, “It was not your typical training.”
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