As more schools return to full in-person instruction, shortages may be exacerbated. Close relationships with neighboring districts, advance planning, and using routing software and combining stops by increasing walking distance can help.
Hall County Schools is employing a three-step process to clean and disinfect its buses with products from Zep Corp.
Atlanta Public Schools is partnering with CalAmp to outfit over 400 of its school buses with the company’s Here Comes the Bus app.
Marietta City Schools adds Bus Clean Air Needlepoint Ionization systems on all 67 of its buses to combat COVID-19 and improve onboard safety.
Three mechanics for Gwinnett County Public Schools see their coworker fall to the floor, struggle to breathe, and become unresponsive. They call 911, administer CPR, and first responders arrive in time to revive him.
School bus evacuation drills, a drive-by parade, and special bus driver shout-outs marked NAPT’s National School Bus Safety Week.
Four Muscogee County School District drivers are praised by the Harris County School District’s board of education for helping transport students during a driver shortage.
Harris County School District treated the new 2021 Blue Bird conventional buses, along with the rest of those in its fleet, with a three-year antimicrobial surface protectant.
Ricky Cooper, a driver for Cobb County (Ga.) School District, stops his bus to rescue a motorist from an overturned vehicle.
Amid school closings across the U.S. prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, some districts ensure drivers continue to be paid. In some cases they are enlisting them to help feed students during the shutdown.