ONLINE SPECIAL
SR
REPORTS
Kayne Smith takes us through a day in his life as transporta- tion director of Cypress Fairbanks Independent School
District, the third largest school district in the state of Texas. Meet more of the Cy-Fair ISD transportation team, learn about Smith’s love of sports and enjoy the laughs as he talks about district expansion, hiring, retention, and teamwork. [Scan the QR code, above, with your phone.]
A student being transported to a reunification site via a Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools school bus following The Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on March 27, 2023.
The latest school mass shooting in the U.S. resulted in the murder of
three students and three staff members at The Cov- enant School in Nashville, Tennessee. School buses and their drivers assisted with reunification efforts. Read the article at
stnonline.com/go/f2.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER/@USATODAY, NICOLE HESTER.
Workmen inspect a van at a rock quarry in Livermore, California, on July 20, 1976. The van contained 26 Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver until they were able to free themselves.
A 48 Hours segment on “Remembering the Chowchilla Kidnapping” aired on March 18. The CBS News segment, which is streaming on Paramount+, follows the story of the infamous 1976 school bus kidnapping, in which three masked gunmen abducted 26 children and school bus driver Ed Ray. They were buried alive in a rock quarry and in an old moving truck, spending more than 16 hours in the dark before they were able to escape. Find a link to the segment at
stnonline.com/go/f1.
14 School Transportation News • MAY 2023
New Blog! Beyond the Wheel: Little Things School Bus Drivers Can Do to Make Big Differences Sylvie di Giusto is an international keynote speaker, author and expert in the field of emotional intelligence. She provides the opening keynote at STN EXPO in Indianapolis next month. Read her blog on ways school bus drivers can change the perception of parents and children on the yellow school bus at
stnonline.com/go/f3.
BIG News The rebrand of Cummins’ new power unit to Accelera will enable Blue Bird to further make advancements to its electric school buses. The companies announced they will work together to manufacture 1,000 ESBs over the next 12 to 18 months. Read more at
stnonline.com/go/f4. Plus, school bus contractor First Student, the largest operator across North America, was lauded by the White House for expanding electric vehicle fleets. Read the article at
stnonline.com/go/f5. And, Zum, founded in 2014 as an app-based, ride- hailing service and now a school bus company, too, is one of the fastest growing companies in all industries across The Americas, ranked No. 228 out of 500 by Financial Times. Read more at
stnonline.com/go/f6.
National Clean Air Month May encourages people to take positive steps to improve air quality, both in their community and globally. View articles on how transportation directors are
contributing to making the air cleaner at
stnonline.com/green-bus.
Web Poll: How important is student health and equity for your school district/company? Vote now at
stnonline.com/polls.
AP PHOTO/JAMES PALMER
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