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At Denver Public Schools, students in two northeast communities have a new way to access greater school options and opportunities: the Success Express. Any student can board a yellow school bus shuttle at any stop and ride it to his or her participating school of choice.
Read More →Lake County Schools students who live within the Florida district’s 2-mile parent responsibility zone of their home school will no longer be eligible to ride the bus in the upcoming school year. The cost savings measure will affect more than 3,000 students.
Read More →The state government halted at the beginning of July after legislators failed to agree on a new budget. At the Office of Pupil Transportation Safety, Lt. Ed Carroll and the tech sergeants are on duty and will respond to any crashes, but the bus inspectors are not working during the shutdown.
Read More →Officials at the Florida district will allow a group of seven to 10 students to ride the bus to their elementary school despite a state policy that denies bus service to students living less than two miles away from school. The only walking route to the students' school is along a two-lane stretch of road, where no barrier separates the street from the sidewalk.
Read More →The Wake County Public School System has hired more bus drivers, developed more realistic bus routes and improved how parents can access information about transportation in an effort to prevent the problems that occurred at the beginning of the last school year. Last school year, there were complaints about buses arriving very late or not at all.
Read More →Rodney Hardy, who oversees transportation at North Carolina’s Surry County Schools, creates the “Stop for a LIFE!” campaign in response to the deaths of four children due to stop-arm running. His wife designs T-shirts that will be distributed at a local Walmart along with bus safety materials.
Read More →Raytown (Mo.) Quality Schools practices Positive Behavior Support, which drastically reduced write-ups for minor infractions and bullying. The approach refocuses the spotlight on students who follow the bus rules instead of those who cause trouble to get attention, and emphasizes teaching students how to meet behavior expectations.
Read More →TORONTO — Student Transportation of Canada (STC) has entered into an agreement to acquire London, Ontario-based Elgie Bus Lines Ltd. Elgie will a...
Read More →WARRENVILLE, Ill. — IC Corporation will increase new bus prices for 2008 by between $2,500 and $3,000 in response to rising commodity prices, accordin...
Read More →In light of a $500 million shortfall in state education funding, the Department of Education says it has no choice but to cut bus services. Parents strongly oppose the plan.
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