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First Student Bus Driver Receives Special Award Ford Tompson, a Minnetonka (Minn.) Public Schools bus driver, received an
award from the widow of a local businessman who volunteered countless hours to help the district’s Special Education Department. Te story is filed in our Latest News section at
www.stnonline.com/go/883 and recapped in a video produced by Minnetonka Public Schools at
www.stnonline.com/go/882. Tis story is yet another example of how school bus drivers are making a positive impact in the lives of students with special needs — and students in general. Especially interesting about 2012 Charlie Parnell Memorial awardee Tompson, a
driver for First Student, is that he was in construction until 2004, when a back injury forced him to find a new line of work. Since then he’s been a Minnetonka special
needs bus driver, one that, according to his First Student managers and school officials, is dedicated to the students he transports.
New TSD Conference Website Goes Live Te official website for the 22nd Transporting Students with Disabilities & Preschoolers
(TSD) conference,
www.tsdconference.com, is up and running. It includes details of the show such as the initial agenda and conference track descriptions. Te website was revamped after STN Media Group, the parent company of School
Transportation News, acquired the show in March from Edupro Group Owner and conference organizer Roseann Schwaderer. In late April, STN finalized an agreement to host the conference March 8-13 at the Embassy Suites Dallas–Frisco Conference Center and Spa in Frisco, Texas. Tose interested in attending next year’s conference can make hotel reservations online
at
www.tsdconference.com/hotel-reservation. Stay tuned for updates on curriculum that is under development.
School Bus Driver Recites Original Poetry in Vlog A recent STN video blog features an interview with Prince Williams County (Va.) Public Schools bus driver Gina Critchley, who has
been writing poetry since she was 12 years old. Visit
www.stnonline.com/884 to hear her story and one of her emotional poems about a young student and her last day riding the school bus. In the meantime, here is another one of Critchley’s poems:
To look at me, no one would ever know it, I hold my head up high, but it still bothers me. I am really tired of it and I want it to stop, It hurts inside and no one can really see.
I sit really still and slump down in my seat, I’m hoping that no one notices and will just move on. I’m tired of it happening, but how can I make it stop, It gets worse and makes me just want to hide from everyone.
I don’t know why they treat me the way that they do I just want to have friends and lead a happy life.
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Te way they taunt and take my things from me, And the words they say cut through me like a knife.
I really don’t see why people want to bully others, I guess it’s their way of being cool, but no one sees how I feel. No one takes the time to pay much attention to it, Te constant hitting and pushing, yes, this is actually real.
Maybe one day the problem of bullying will be resolved, And I will be given the chance to start anew. It only takes someone to listen and take the time, To understand what the victim of bullying goes through.
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