Boston Public Schools plans to consolidate numerous school bus routes this fall, which will result in the layoff of dozens of drivers. The move is expected to save the district up to $5 million.
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Shawn Sawyer from Durham School Services and Ross Hamre from Petermann Bus won first place in the Massachusetts and Ohio safety competitions.
Read More →Police arrest Ali Mahfuz of Massachusetts for allegedly being under the influence of marijuana before transporting students on a field trip. Students smelled an odor on the bus and reported it to a teacher.
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Jeff Bauman tells NAPT Summit attendees about how he lost both legs in the 2013 bombing but was able to give investigators a description of the suspect he had seen.
Read More →A 9-year-old Massachusetts girl is not fully clear from the bus when the door closes. She gets caught in the door as the bus drives away, is dragged a short distance, and then is struck by the bus, police say.
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The Massachusetts-based contractor has also equipped its entire fleet with Zonar telematics and Seon Trooper TL-4 DVR camera systems.
Read More →The contractor is replacing Freetown-Lakeville's current school buses with a new fleet equipped with GPS, crossing gates, and the Child Check-Mate System.
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The districts get grants of up to $350,000 for electric Type C school buses and chargers for a pilot program in Massachusetts.
Read More →A transportation provider for a Massachusetts school that serves special-needs students sends an Uber to pick up a student instead of a school bus without the school’s knowledge, due to a lack of available drivers.
Read More →The student, who may have been pricked by the needle, is taken to the hospital as a precaution. Boston Public Schools is investigating the incident, and bus drivers are conducting additional bus checks.
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