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HEARD AROUND THE WEB Disqus: “Ugly Verbal Attack on School Bus Monitor Captured on Video,” Daily Routes blog, June 20 If any of those were my kids, they would not sit down for a week.
I am NOT a believer in corporal punishment, but this is a rare ex- ception. Ten they would lose every single privilege they ever had, and I would take them to a nursing home to volunteer, to learn a little respect for their elders.
— Loquacious888 I think [Klein] should get a free trip to your 2012 Expo, and
there should be a workshop dealing with how matrons, monitors and drivers should handle these situations. As you said, the so- cial media phenomenon as it is playing out on school buses has changed the rules in many ways, and this needs to be addressed. — Margaret DePaula
Disqus: “Some California CNG School Buses Grounded Due to Expired Tanks” Latest News, June 28 CNG, as well as propane power, are not as lucrative as some
would have you believe. Without subsidies, they do not make economic sense. In this case, air quality boards failed to provide the subsidies for CNG fuel tank replacement in a timely manner, though they are recommending conversion to these fuels. — Gobyd
Disqus: “New Virginia Law Requires Autism Training for School Bus Monitors,” Latest News, June 29 Bus drivers and bus aides may spend a significant amount of
time with kids every day. It’s just good sense to train them on the needs of their passengers. Sometimes behaviors happen on the bus that need addressing in a manner consistent with the way the teachers, teacher’s assistants, therapists and parents address them. People may underrate bus drivers and bus aides, but if they had the
time and the inclination, I’d invite them to my son’s IEP meetings. My son really likes riding the bus, and he likes talking to the bus driver and the aide. He misses the drivers and the aides if they change jobs. — Susan Ford Keller
FOR THE RECORD A photo caption on page 30 of the July 2012 edition (“IC
Bus, Student Transportation Inc. Celebrate Milestone Ve- hicle”) referred to an earlier news article in the same issue instead of the presentation of IC Bus’ milestone 100,000th school bus manufactured at its Tulsa, Okla., plant and pre- sented to school bus contractor Student Transportation, Inc. A graphic depicting how GIS can be integrated throughout an entire school system on page 46 of the June 2012 article “Te Best-Laid Transportation Plans are Made With GIS Mapping” should have been attributed to mapping solutions provider ESRI. STN regrets these errors.
Outsourcing means savings.
Routings, vehicle maintenance, school bell time management, capital investment, operator training and many other specialties.
Pupil Transportation is a complex business that includes many aspects such as routing, vehicle maintenance, school bell time management, capital investment, operator training and many other specialties. But when you get right down to it, the two most important reasons school districts and private school systems outsource their student transportation are safety and savings. By far, according to independent research, the safest way for children to get to and from school is on yellow school buses. It’s safer than walking, riding a bike, public transportation, taxis and even being dropped off and picked up by a parent. Independent research also tells us that outsourcing can save school districts 10% or more in their transportation costs.
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10 School Transportation News Magazine August 2012
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