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Newsby Nicole SchlosserSeptember 21, 2015

3 school bus driver promotions at California district

After a transportation supervisor retires from Mojave Unified School District and a department restructuring, the drivers moved into administrative positions.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 17, 2015

Bus agency to make safety upgrades after autistic student’s death

Pupil Transportation Cooperative in California will push for electronic notification devices in its buses and have two adults monitor every bus to make sure no student is left on board following the death of a student on one of its buses last week.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 14, 2015

Student with autism found dead in school bus

A 19-year-old student was found dead in an empty school bus in California, and his family believes he was left in the bus all day. He was severely autistic and nonverbal, and may have stayed on the bus because he was waiting for a cue, family members say.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 10, 2015

California school bus driver saves students as bus catches fire

Forty-one high school students and an assistant coach escaped the bus uninjured. As the bus lost horsepower, overheated and began to smoke, the driver made sure all the students got off the bus safely.

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Newsby StaffAugust 4, 2015

Chowchilla school bus kidnapper paroled after 40 years

James Schoenfeld, one of three men convicted in the 1976 kidnapping of 26 children and their school bus driver, was granted parole and will be released this week.

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Newsby StaffAugust 3, 2015

Special-needs student left on school bus for 4 hours

A California bus driver brings the other three children aboard the bus to school, drives to the bus yard and parks and leaves with the four-year-old still strapped in his seat.

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Newsby StaffJuly 22, 2015

California district renews First Student contract

San Francisco Unified School District continues its partnership with the contractor for the 2015-16 school year with the recent award of a new five-year contract.

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Newsby StaffJuly 20, 2015

Winners named in School Bus Driver Int'l Safety Competition

Two drivers from a West Virginia district take the top spots in the conventional and small bus categories, while a California contestant comes in first in the transit category.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2015

NTSB issues recommendations from 2014 truck-motorcoach crash

After investigating the Orland, California, crash in which five students were among those killed, the agency calls for motorcoach survivability enhancements.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJuly 14, 2015

California district to receive first electric school bus in conversion project

Torrance Unified School District’s transportation director recently visited TransPower’s facilities to see the progress on the conversion of one of its diesel-powered buses to electric.

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