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Newsby StaffAugust 15, 2016

NTSB to Hold Back-to-School Safety Event

The event will feature demonstrations on school bus safety, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and child safety seats to help families prepare for the new school year.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJuly 13, 2016

Maryland State Director, NASDPTS President Leon Langley Shifts Gears

As Langley takes on the role of assistant director of transportation at Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools, he steps down from his post as president of the state directors association.

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Newsby StaffJune 27, 2016

District Raises Pay for School Bus Drivers

As of July, Baltimore County Public Schools is raising the starting wage for school bus drivers from $12.94 per hour to $15.42 to deal with a driver shortage.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonJanuary 6, 2016

Sinkholes snag 2 school buses

In Maryland, the rear wheels of a Baltimore County Public Schools bus drop into a sinkhole on a road where a water main broke. A similar incident occurs the same morning in Michigan.

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Newsby StaffDecember 4, 2015

School bus aide helps special-needs student get new prosthetic leg

Debbie Brown of Maryland noticed a student in pain and having problems walking due to a prosthetic leg that kept falling off, and she helped coordinate getting her a new prosthetic free of charge.

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Newsby StaffNovember 3, 2015

Maryland contractor adds propane school bus to fleet

Jubb’s Bus Service Inc. put the first propane school bus in the state into operation for the 2015-16 school year. Anne Arundel County students boarded the Blue Bird Vision Propane bus on Tuesday.

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Newsby StaffOctober 29, 2015

Video of school bus driver texting while driving leads to policy change

After a bus driver is caught on video texting while driving students, Prince George’s County (Md.) Public Schools adds to its policy an amendment that would lead to a driver being suspended, demoted or terminated for the offense.

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Newsby StaffJune 12, 2015

School bus fatally strikes pedestrian

According to a preliminary investigation, a 58-year-old woman was crossing a street in Derwood, Maryland, when a school bus making a left turn struck her.

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Newsby StaffJune 8, 2015

School bus dealer awards first scholarship

American Bus Sales and Service, which represents Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia, chose Trinity Renee Mitchell for the award. Mitchell, a college student, comes from a family with a long history of providing school bus service.

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Newsby StaffApril 9, 2015

Maryland woman charged with school bus theft pleads guilty

Nicole Jo-Ann Adams pleads guilty to second degree burglary and theft and is sentenced to 10 years on each count. In October, Adams, along with a second suspect, stole a special-needs school bus from a lot and crashed it.

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