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(STN Podcast E34) A Crazy Year for School Busing: COVID-19 Re-closes Schools & Wildfires Rage

School Transportation Nation podcast – Episode 34

Some metropolitan districts are re-closing schools, underscoring that COVID-19 infection rates are considered differently in cities across the U.S. Plus, learn how the presidential election could affect school transportation.

T.J. Crockett shares how 2020 is “the year no one expected.” In addition to taking over as director of transportation for Salem-Keizer Public Schools in Oregon during COVID-19, he had to respond to approaching wildfires that ravaged the area.

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