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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2010

Book covers key cases in special-needs transportation

Peggy Burns and Lisa Hudson’s new book provides lessons learned from legal disputes. It’s available for purchase at a 20-percent pre-publication discount until Aug. 20.

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Newsby StaffJuly 1, 2010

Prices raised on Bridgestone tires

Bus and truck radial tire base prices are increased up to 6 percent. An exec says that the company “must pass along some of the increased costs that are outside of our control.”

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ArticlesJune 24, 2010

Please <i>do</i> raise your voice

A 2007 survey by the Pew Research Center found that only 66 percent of Americans could name their governor.

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Newsby StaffJune 10, 2010

District eliminates school bus service, with backup plan

If 85 percent of parents of current riders approve a fee increase for bus passes, regular-ed transportation will be reinstated at Poway (Calif.) Unified School District. Transportation Director Tim Purvis remains optimistic.

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Newsby StaffJune 10, 2010

NAPT recommends Peaceful School Bus Program

The program, created at an elementary school in New York, is designed to change the social dynamics on the school bus to reduce bullying incidents. It is available to NAPT members at a 20-percent discount.

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Newsby StaffJune 4, 2010

Provider Enterprises awarded for efficiency

The special-needs school transportation company has reportedly reduced fuel consumption by nearly 10 percent, for a savings of approximately $50,000, by using fleet tracking technology from Navman Wireless.

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Articlesby Thomas McMahonMay 18, 2010

This space for rent?

Sixty-five percent of Utah residents surveyed believe that advertising definitely or probably should be allowed on the sides of school buses.

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Newsby StaffMay 4, 2010

275,000 education jobs in peril, study finds

Next school year, 82 percent of districts surveyed by the American Association of School Administrators will cut teaching, administrative and other types of positions. Officials call it "an unprecedented level of layoffs."

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Newsby StaffApril 30, 2010

Student Transportation to deploy propane buses in contract renewal

Subsidiary Positive Connections has been awarded a contract renewal for a Minnesota school district that includes replacing about 20 percent of the fleet with propane-fueled buses.

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Newsby StaffApril 1, 2010

Interest in Thomas Built hybrid bus grows

The school bus manufacturer reports that it has received more than three dozen orders for its new Saf-T-Liner C2e diesel-electric hybrid bus. A Texas school district is one operation that recently added 25 units to its fleet. Thomas Built says the C2e can reduce emissions and improve fuel economy by 30 percent or more.

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