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NEW SCHOOL BUS SAFETY PROGRAM
Save Money on the
‘Road to Reno’ Save $100 as a main conference attendee and register today
The new Safe Bus Safety Network created by Child
Safety Network (CSN) aims to bring safety enhancements to underfunded schools so they can implement necessary changes and upgrades to their buses. See page 24. Readers can visit
www.stnonline.com/go/2g to read the
full story on how CSN plans to fund the Safe Bus Safety Network and GPS, parental notifications and driver training to districts free of charge. Districts also stand to benefit with a revenue sharee. Let us know what you think.
for the standard rate of $199. Main conference registration grants attendees access to 45 main conference workshops, two keynote addresses, two general sessions, sponsored evening events and the trade show! STN also offers two additional pre-conference workshops, both at an additional $149 fee, until June 21. Tese include the “NHTSA Child Seat Safety” workshop and “Emergency Planning and Accident Response for School Bus Drivers.” Read a brief description of each on our EXPO website,
www.stnexpo.com. Make sure to also visit our “Road to Reno” section to get
aquainted with fellow attendees registered for the EXPO, as well as some of our speakers! Find out what attendees are looking forward to at the 20th annual EXPO next month.
TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR STILL THINKS OF SCHOOL BUSES EVEN AFTER HIGH-RISK BRAIN SURGERY
We hear many stories about the dedication of student
transporters, and someone who fits that bill — actually surpasses it — is Audrae Barnes. Te transportation director for Hattiesburg (Miss.) Public School District underwent high-risk surgery in October to remove a nickel-sized tumor near his brain stem. Yet, during the time he went through various forms in intense therapy, which would prompt anyone in that situation to focus only on their recovery, his mind did not once deviate
from the daily operations back at the transportation department. Mississippi State Director Leonard Swilley is a close friend of Barnes and
called him “one of the state’s most highly respected transportation professionals.” Swilley added said Barnes is so dedicated to his job that “when he was finally able to respond to me through conversation, one of his first questions was, ‘Have all the routes been covered?’” Read more of Barnes’ story at
www.stononline.com/go/2h.
12 School Transportation News June 2013
WEB EXCLUSIVE: FTA RULES ON ILLEGAL TRANSIT OPERATIONS
Earlier this year,
the Federal Transit Administration ordered Yankton Transit in South Dakota and the Bay Area Transportation Authority in Mich- igan to cease bus
services that counter federal law on FTA-fund- ed agencies. Read more about these cases, and hear from Ronna Weber, executive director of NSTA, about the implications of these viola- tions — not only for school bus contractors but also the students they serve. Read more at
www.stnonline.com/home/web-exclusive.
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