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Newsby Nicole SchlosserApril 23, 2020

Michigan District School Bus Drivers Train to Help Students With Online Learning

Schoolcraft Community Schools teaches drivers to use Zoom and Google Classroom to help students with their schoolwork and communicate with them about social-emotional needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Newsby StaffMarch 16, 2020

School Bus Driver Hailed a Hero for Rescuing Trapped Motorist

Ricky Cooper, a driver for Cobb County (Ga.) School District, stops his bus to rescue a motorist from an overturned vehicle.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 28, 2020

School Bus Driver Builds Wheelchair Ramp for Special-Needs Student

Bob Thacker of Ohio constructs a wooden, detachable, and portable ramp for the student and her mother after they suffer a fall that significantly injures the student. 

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson February 4, 2020

School Bus Driver Rescues Student Kidnapped During Carjacking

Elsa Fox, a driver for Sultan (Wash.) School District #311, sees the student being forced out of a car, pulls her bus over, and takes the student home.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson January 16, 2020

Minnesota Driver Evacuates Students Before School Bus Catches Fire

The driver is transporting students to a basketball game when he sees smoke entering the bus. He is able to safely evacuate all of the students before the bus catches fire.

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Newsby StaffNovember 20, 2019

School Bus Driver Honored on <I>Good Morning America</i> for Comforting Student

Isabel Lane of Wisconsin is honored during the news program’s “Make Your Monday” segment after a photo of her comforting a student on his first day of school went viral in September.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson November 4, 2019

NAPT Awards Highlight Top-Notch Service, Achievement

Student transportation professionals are recognized for their remarkable dedication and service to the school bus industry. Awards are also presented to Zonar’s 2019 Don Carnahan Memorial grant recipients.

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Newsby StaffOctober 30, 2019

AMF-Bruns Names 2nd Special-Needs School Bus Driver of the Year

Freddie Phillips, a bus driver for East Baton Rouge Parish School System, is the winner of the securement supplier's second annual National Special-Needs School Bus Driver of the Year award.

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Newsby StaffOctober 18, 2019

Retired School Bus Driver to Donate Kidney to Former Coworker

Sharon Kruse of California offers her kidney to Diane Gonzalez after learning that she had been on dialysis for over two years and was looking for a kidney and is on the transplant list.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson October 16, 2019

Ohio School Bus Driver Credited for Saving Student From Passing Car

The bus driver alerts the fifth grade student to get back on the bus when a vehicle drives on the sidewalk past the stopped bus, plowing across several lawns.

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