Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Students Get Summer Lunches Courtesy of School-Bus Cafés

Just because the school year ends does not mean that disadvantaged students nationwide no longer need school lunches for sustenance. This is where the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program steps in and enables districts to deliver summer meals via school bus. [Read more]
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Transportation Directors Working with Clinton Global Initiative on ‘Electrified’ School Bus Project

In late April, a New York Times article titled “In Two-Way Charging, Electric Cars Begin to Earn Money From the Grid” caught the attention of task force members aligned with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) who are currently exploring how to expand “electrified” school buses nationwide. [Read more]
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Oklahoma School District Continues Rebuilding Effort Following Deadly Tornado

Trent Gibson, director of student transportation at the Oklahoma State Department of Education, told STN the EF5 tornado that brought devastation to the community of Moore, south of Oklahoma City, last week narrowly missed the school district's bus facility.  [Read more]
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Senate Bill Once Again Targets Seclusion, Restraint in Schools

Rep. George Miller (D-CA) re-introduced in the House The All Students Safe Act, which would set for the first time minimum safety standards at schools to curb teacher and staff abuse in how they apply seclusion and restraint to students when dealing with emotional or behavioral outbursts. [Read more]

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Industry Watchdog: NSTA’s Efforts to Protect School Bus Companies and Students Pay Off

Twice this year the National School Transportation Association filed complaints with the Federal Transit Administration against a public transit agency alleged to be operating an exclusive school bus service that violated federal law, and twice it successfully made its case. 

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School Security Bills Survive Months After Fatal Shootings in Connecticut, Alabama

As 2013 dawned, the nation continued to mourn the lives lost in the Sandy Hook school shooting, and soon after, mourned a heroic Alabama school bus driver who died protecting his students in late January. Legislators in every state rushed to draft bills designed to create new protections for American students in the wake of the murders, and in the Midland City, Ala., case, a lengthy hostage standoff. 

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Review: The First 30 Seconds DVD, Safe Havens International

A young boy gets on your school bus, carrying a guitar case. He seems more quiet than usual as you say, “Hi” to him as he boards. He puts his head down and walks down the aisle as if he knows what to expect. As he passes a group of students in the back of the bus they jostle him, one of them tousles his hair, and they laugh at him. He sits down, his head bowed for a second, when suddenly he stands up with a pump shotgun.

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