The buses are Blue Bird All American models, equipped with the Cummins 100% electric PowerDrive system, which produces zero emissions.
Leeds City Schools is turning its 20 buses into mobile hot spots to help students in need in case the COVID-19 pandemic makes remote learning necessary when schools reopen in the fall.
We have seen touching videos and stories from all over the U.S. posted on social media honoring educators, but what about school bus drivers, who have stepped up in a big way just to say, “I care for the students I serve,” and “I miss my students?”
Baldwin County Schools’ transportation department’s class grows current leaders and cultivates new ones by introducing attendees to other district leaders, covering different types of leadership styles and responsibilities, and emphasizing service.
In honor of our February 2020 special-needs issue, check out these photo submissions and those from previous stories highlighting special-needs transporters and the important aspects of their job.
Pollard talks about creating a successful annual driver training event, his passion for serving special-needs students, and the “special ride” he was able to coordinate for a student with autism.
Kimberleigh Welch is traveling along the highway when another vehicle hits her bus, causing it to overturn. She is taken to the hospital where she succumbs to her injuries. No one else was on board at the time.
Wyatt, an Alabama student on the autism spectrum, realizes a lifelong wish to ride a school bus when Baldwin County Public Schools organizes a special ride for him.
Mobile County (Ala.) Public Schools will install Fogmaker North America’s fire suppression system on all of its 100 special-needs school buses. The district will eventually add the system to its remaining 600 buses.
A National Transportation Safety Board report states that the fatal 2018 crash that killed the bus driver and injured several passengers was caused by the driver suffering from an unknown medical event.