Inside COVER STORY 38


JANUARY 2016 VOLUME 25 ISSUE 01


NOWHERE TO RUN,


NOWHERE TO HIDE Faced with limited avenues of retreat, more school districts nationwide are training drivers on how to handle adverse situations on their buses, including repelling active shooters


46 CHECK UP How are student transporters checking for student


safety before and after the ride, both on the bus and at the stop?


NEWS


16 THE PILOTING OF THINGS: SCHOOL BUS INDUSTRY TAKES AN EARLY POSITION ON IOT The ‘Web’ has taken on new meaning for student transporters with increased Wi-Fi access, data points on school buses


24 KEEPING INFORMATION SECURE With the proliferation of school bus technology, is your data safe from prying eyes?


37 2015 SECURITY SURVEY RESULTS Readers weigh-in on security in their operations, including driver training and child checks


16 ON THE COVER


Holding firm to the belief that there are at least two sides to every story, we felt a double-ex- posure image on the cover begins to tell the tale of the current national concern regarding school bus security and concerns about how drivers can and should respond to on-board incidents.


ILLUSTRATED BY: VINCENT RIOS


6 School Transportation News • JANUARY 2016


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