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Newsby News/Media ReleaseAugust 16, 2023

First Student Announces Expectations for 2023/2024 School Year

First Student reveals projections for the next school year, including employing more drivers, completing at least 1 billion trips, and transporting 450 million students.

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Videosby StaffSeptember 8, 2021

Watch Wisconsin DOT Showcase School Bus Safety

As students head back to class, Wisconsin State Patrol Superintendent Anthony Burrell offers a refresher about school bus safety laws motorists should follow.

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School Reopenings Make Room for New Beginnings

From dealing with an ongoing driver shortage to ever-changing health and safety protocols, pupil transporters are charging ahead and using those experiences as fuel for planning a successful 2021-22 school year.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson August 17, 2021

Data Show Some Districts Delay School Start, Shift to Virtual Learning

According to Burbio, a community events data service that tracks school openings, several school districts are delaying school start and opting for virtual learning due to an increase in COVID cases and quarantining.

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ArticlesAugust 2, 2021

Lessons in Student Behavior Management, Planning During COVID-19

The pandemic has created a rare opportunity to see what happens when students sit 6 feet apart, the total number of riders is reduced, and attendance keeping and seat assignments become critical, routine activities.

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Newsby Sadiah Thompson July 15, 2021

School Districts Gear Up for In-Person Learning Amid New CDC Guidance

As school districts across the U.S. prepare for a return to classrooms this fall, the CDC updates its guidance for K-12 schools by urging them to reopen for in-person learning and maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students, combined with indoor mask wearing.

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Getting Back to Full Speed: What Do You Need?

Momentum is growing to return to full operation. For pupil transporters, that means addressing potentially greater driver shortage, factoring in the added responsibilities of sanitizing the buses — possibly as a permanent practice — and returning to managing more staff members in person.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserMarch 22, 2021

Over Half of K-12 Students Can Now Attend School In Person, Data Show

More than 51% of students nationwide can receive in-person instruction, and less than 20% attend school virtually. New 3-feet social distancing guidance from the CDC is expected to accelerate on-campus learning.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserMarch 8, 2021

Transition Back to In-Person Learning Progresses With K-5 Students, Data Show

The number of students attending school virtually drops to under 25% as COVID-19 cases decline. Governors push for some students to return to campus in March or April.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserFebruary 9, 2021

Virtual-Only Schooling Continues Drop, Data Show

K-12 students learning remotely dips since an apparent peak in early January. Just more than one-third are currently receiving virtual-only instruction.

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