School Transportation News Magazine | September 2009
[Table of Contents] Industry News
News
Analysis PEGGY BURNS
NED EINSTEIN INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
14 President Obama visits Navistar, traffic fatalities decrease and more
48 Americans With Disabilities Act Will Affect Section 504, Part two in a series
62 Blocking the Windshield, Compromising the View
Columns FIRST TAKE BY RYAN GRAY
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18 Is First Observer Training the First Step in the Right Direction?
HEADLINES
20 Child Tracking for the 21st Century and Beyond
21 School Begins, School Bus Safety Follows
22 Defensive Driving: Part of the Safety Plan
24 Released NHTSA Document on Cell Phones ‘Ancient History,’ Agency Says
26 California School Transportation Survives, Barely, to Fight Another Day
8 Freedom of Choice or Freedom from It?
EDITORIAL BY STEPHANE BABCOCK 66 Security is Everyone’s Business
Departments MAILBAG
10 Views and opinions from our readers
STN ONLINE 12 Highlights from around the Web
UPCOMING EVENTS 59 Monthly industry calendar
PRODUCT & SOLUTIONS 60 Te latest product offerings for the school transportation set
PEOPLE 61 Movers and shakers in the industry
MARKETPLACE 63 Classified advertising
SPECIAL REPORT
28 Staying Ahead of an Epidemic: As H1N1 is forecasted to return with a vengence, schools prepare for the worst
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