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Meet This Year’s Rising Stars Ariel Rodriguez and nine other individuals answer the bell in this annual installment of “Rising Stars” that celebrates up-and-coming student transportation professionals.


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Seatbelt Implementation


Is Starting to Click Amid increased interest in states to demonstrate the safety benefits of lap/shoulder seatbelts in school buses, the number voluntary installs is growing.


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A New Driver Training Reality


Augmented and virtual reality training, while expensive, simulate the actual environment that prospective employees would be placed in. What promise does it hold for school bus drivers?


On the Cover Ariel Rodriguez packs a one-two leadership punch for Humble ISD in Texas. Photo by Felix Sanchez.


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Innovations on Display Browse this month’s advertisers that are


exhibiting next month in Columbus, Ohio, at the NAPT Summit trade show.


PHOTO BY FELIX SANCHEZ


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