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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 27, 2015

EPA awards $5.4M for diesel emission reductions in West

Several school bus-related projects are among those awarded grants to retrofit and replace old diesel vehicles and equipment.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonOctober 7, 2015

Separating boys and girls on the school bus

In Atlanta, some older boys and girls have been separated on the school bus to improve behavior. District officials tell me that their drivers are given autonomy to decide how to seat their passengers.

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ArticlesOctober 6, 2015

NSTA Advocacy in Action — Why CSA scores are flawed

The goal of the Safety Measurement Scores, within CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability), is to allow the public to review a carrier’s safety record and relevant data by searching its Department of Transportation number. While this is a great idea in concept, the reality is very different.

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ArticlesOctober 2, 2015

Special-needs transportation: We're good, but we could be better

We, as an educational system, have not been fulfilling our obligations to prepare all students for a successful post-secondary life — at least with regard to transportation skills.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 29, 2015

EPA school bus rebate funding increases to $7M

The rebates are for replacing older school buses or — in a new option for the program this year — installing retrofit technology to reduce emissions.

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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

School bus seats slashed at North Carolina district

Nearly 400 seats were cut on 17 school buses, causing about $50,000 of damage. Seats on only one of the buses could be temporarily repaired for the morning route, and the other 16 buses were replaced by spares.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 16, 2015

School bus duo wins state award for protecting girl

Driver Gwendolyn Brinson and attendant Kathy Ritter, who helped thwart a man accused of lewd behavior, are honored by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 15, 2015

Man on ‘no-fly’ list receives school bus driver’s license

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said it has no legal reason to deny the license to Amir Meshal, who already has a commercial truck driver’s license and has no disqualifying offenses.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 8, 2015

Michigan district rolls out school bus location app

Lake Orion School District is offering MyStop to parents to help them track their child’s bus arrival and departure times.

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