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We had always seen it as a
more operational item than an educational item, but districts made it very clear that they had obligations for funding some of their transportation contracts. Tey had to find money from other parts of their budget to meet their obligations, which was forcing them to pull money from their education budgets. Te governor found that to be unacceptable. ❞
-Jonathan Palumbo, Massachusetts Executive Office of Education,
on Gov. Deval Patrick’s decision last month to restore $18 million in regional school district transportation funding
viewing child pornography at a cyber cafe. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, the mother of one vic- tim asked the judge at the sentencing for Shields to receive the maximum sentence, saying she may never know the full extent of the crime because her 5-year-old daugh- ter has a mental disability.
NCST WRITING COMMITTEES POST DRAFTS FOR REVIEW Public comment is sought on School
Bus Inspection and School Bus Specifi- cations files prepared in advance of the National Congress on School Transporta- tion held in May. Pete Baxter, the NCST steering committee
chair, announced the links were live at www.
ncstonline.org. All comments, requests for changes, modifications and considerations for new proposals must be filed with steer- ing committee coordinators listed on the site under “Steering Committee” by Feb. 19. Te 15th NCST is scheduled for May 16- 19 at the University of Central Missouri.
AMERICAN LOGISTICS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Betsy Schulthess, transportation safety
coordinator for CUSD #303 in St. Charles, Ill., is the recipient of the 2nd Annual
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American Logistics Scholarship to attend the 19th National Conference & Exhibition on Transporting Students with Disabilities & Preschoolers. Schulthess, a certified child passenger safety technician, is responsible for the safety and security of 14,650 stu- dents and 140 drivers and assistants. She is in charge of “all special education safety requirements on all the special ed buses,”
and oversees bus evacuation drills for the 17 schools in the district, according to District Transportation Director Blanca N. Sounders. In her application for the scholarship, Schulthess noted that, “It is my focus, a passion, to relate/understand/ learn/practice/educate for all the right rea- sons. I want to be the best for myself and the community I service.” n
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