Inside


Symptom disclosure for drivers


Bus sanitizing reminder for drivers


Seating charts for contact tracing


Contactless card scanning


The best student ridership authorization solution available


16 Adoption Curve of Tablet Technology While installing tablets on school buses at the factory sounds like a good idea, could it actually pose more challenges?


Sections 8 Feedback 12 Trends: Leadership 14 Online 56 Ad Index 57 Marketplace


Columns


10 Editor’s Take By Ryan Gray A Different Kind of Emergency Response


20 Thought Leader 512.686.2360


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6 School Transportation News • OCTOBER 2021


By Linda Bluth School Transportation: The Value of Child


Perspectives and Opinions


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58 Publisher’s Corner


By Tony Corpin Invest in One Another


52 Special Needs Training Returns The Transporting Students with Disabilities and Special Needs Conference returns to Frisco, Texas next month. Browse the agenda, speakers and exhibitors scheduled for the trade show.


Special Report TSD Preview


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