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Driver Turns Bus Into Library NBC Nightly News in late April featured a look at a school bus driver who has turned her once noisy bus into one that is as quiet as a library — literally. Te segment “Making a Difference” profiled Rosemary Peterson, a 63-year-old school bus driver for the School District of Manatee County in Bradenton,
Fla., and a reading program she started for the elementary school students on her bus that includes regular book report assign- ments and rewards for improved onboard behavior. After posting the article to our Facebook page, more than one of our online friends said they were inspired to start similar programs on their buses.
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New President at Thomas Built
Buses Checks in with STN After officially taking over the
reigns of Tomas Built Buses as president and CEO, Kelley Platt took some time to sit down with STN Editor in Chief Ryan Gray to talk about becoming the first woman to serve the industry in such a capacity, as well as the advice she was offered by her peers and her hopes to learn more about the chal- lenges faced by school districts and contractors alike.
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Distracted Driving: The Video Game After reading a few of the comments on the federal pro-
posed rule that would ban texting for all commercial vehicle drivers, it seems not everyone sees the dangers involved. Te New York Times strived to give people a better under- standing of how difficult it is to drive and text, so it came up with a simple Flash-type video game that asks the user to make appropriate lane changes while reading and an- swering texts at the same time. “Gauging Your Distraction,” makes us realize why driving and texting should never mix.
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Conversion Aversion? Tis month we feature Petermann Bus, the nation’s fifth-
largest private company school bus contractor and its innovative approach to growing its business by operating with a family-oriented mentality. Read a conversation be- tween STN and Pete Settle, the company’s president and CEO on a wide array of topics that are affecting the school bus con- tractors, including his take on why the industry hasn’t seen more school districts outsource their fleets and operations despite the economy. Settle also weighs in on the Safe Routes to School Program and partnerships with transportation de- partments, how to best promote student ridership and how the industry can diversify its operations to identify efficien- cies and to create more value in the eyes of administrators. Visit our new “Web Exclusive” section on our homepage.
Survey Serves Up Scary Results Results from a survey conducted by the American Association of School Ad-
ministrators not only reports that school districts are facing increasing budget cuts but offers the frightening statistic that nearly one in every four respon- dents say they will cut transportation services to alleviate budgetary burdens. Released in April, “A Cliff Hanger: How America’s Public Schools Continue to Feel the Impact of the Economic Downturn” demonstrates how school budgets remain on a one- to two-year lag behind the rest of the econ- omy, meaning school districts are currently feeling the biggest impacts.
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8 School Transportation News Magazine June 2010
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