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Don’t miss out on STN’s special reports, including a school bus driver’s story of an attempted hijacking, how COVID-19 is hampering the identification of homeless students, technology purchasing trends in 2021, the service of the industry’s front-line workers, and more! Visit
stnonline.com/special-reports to stay in the know.
Estelle Graves (left), now a school bus driver for Michigan Center Schools in Michigan, was involved in an attempted school bus hijacking incident in 1996. She spoke at the STN EXPO Virtual on the importance of proactive response training for school bus drivers.
Recent Headlines at
stnonline.com While electric vehicles are a growing trend nationwide, the National Transportation Safety Board cautions that little research has been conducted on how lithium-
ion batteries react in a crash, citing that emergency responders are unprepared for responding to electric vehicle fires.
Charles Brown, a veteran school bus operator for over three decades, retired on Dec. 18, which Atlanta Public Schools affectionately established as “Charles Brown Goodwill Day.”
Meet Janet Throgmorton, the principal at Fancy Farm Elementary School in western Kentucky, who has been an educator for the last 25 years. She also serves as a school bus driver to help with the driver shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon and The Lion Electric Company entered into a master agreement for $1.1 billion in new electric truck purchases that will accelerate the bus and truck manufacturer’s plans to ramp up total EV production.
16 School Transportation News • MARCH 2021
Industry School Transportation News is celebrating its 30th anniversary this
year, and the latest profile series focuses
on the wisdom you and your peers have gained over the years. Visit
stnonline.com/go/wisdom.
Wisdom in The School Transportation
“Believe There is Good in
The World. -Tony Conte, Transportation Operations Director at Charlotte County Public Schools in Florida
“Education starts with Transportation.”
-Steve Daniels at Hernando County School Schools Transportation in Florida, quoting Charlie Hood, a former state director who retires this month as executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
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