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Get (STN)SOCiAL to Find Possible Answers to Industry Questions Worker’s compensation claims can be a very expensive part of doing business,
especially in the student transportation world, in this economy and when dealing with union negotiations. In April, we asked via the STNSOCiAL,
www.stnsocial.com, if users had tips to share on dealing with these issues. Pete Meslin, an STN contributing editor and the transportation director for Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Southern California responded with three concrete recommendations: • Have a clear, written, functional job analysis for every job. It is important to document what the specific physical and behavioral requirements are
• Consider creating a video of this analysis so administrators and lawyers can actually see what is entailed in each job • Make sure all relevant parties (human resources, risk management, supervisors, insurance carriers) stay “looped” all the way through the process
Gearing Up for
Another Great STN EXPO With a little more than a month to go,
we are down to the wire for this year’s STN EXPO. Once again, we’ve pulled out all the stops to make sure you leave with great memories, useful training and a solid sense of community with your fellow school bus industry associates. Head over to the STN EXPO page at www.
stnonline.com/expo to receive the latest news, review this year’s
tentative schedule of workshops and find out a little more about some of our special guests, like inspirational speaker Christopher Gardner from “The Pursuit of Happyness” fame and behavioral psychologist Edie Raether. See you this July 23-27 in Reno!
America’s and Canada’s Greenest Schools Get Their Gifts In observance of this year’s Earth Day, IC
Bus delivered brand new hybrid school bus- es the to the winners of the 2010 America’s and Canada’s Green- est School contests. Jennifer Hao from Burnaby North Sec- ondary
School was
handed the keys to a new plug-in hybrid school bus this past April 20 for her sub- mitted video “Burnaby North: Youth in Ac- tion,” which showed how her
school and
community could increase green initiatives. South Shore Charter Public School teacher
Sarah Roberts and her class were also hand- ed the keys to a brand-new IC hybrid this past April after submitting a two-minute video entitled “Ride with Pride!” The video discusses the district’s environ- mental initiatives: its vegetable oil- fueled van, recycling stations,
compost-
ing area and Waste Watchers program, which includes teams of students who help cut ex-
cess energy use. View the winning videos at
www.stnonline.com/go/803.
8 School Transportation News Magazine June 2011 On May 25, known as Nation-
al Missing Children’s Day, the National Association for Pupil Transportation partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to promote “Take 25,” a national campaign that encourages par- ents, guardians, educators, law enforcement and others to set aside 25 minutes to talk to chil- dren about safety. Beginning in 2007 with 375 events held across the country, the program grew to include more than 3,500 events held in close to 1,400 cit- ies in 2010. At
www.take25.org you can find information on the program, how to host an event and how to inform children of the dangers of abductions, sexu- al exploitation and predators on the internet.
NAPT ‘Takes 25’ for Child Safety
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