(Mar. 19, 2008) — Largest numbers of public transportation riders in last five decades remains approximately 700,000 less than the number of annual school bus riders, according to industry statistics. Read more

FORT MYERS, Fla. (Mar. 19, 2008) — Lee County Public Schools holds a three-day bus crash simulation to assist emergency responders, district personnel and students hone plans for dealing with a crisis. Read more

ATLANTA (Mar. 19, 2008) — The state has axed a program that would have provided hundreds of additional buses this school year. Read more

ST. LOUIS (Mar. 18, 2008) — A new service will keep thousands of parents in the loop during major road reconstruction. Read more

ETOBICOKE, Ontario (Mar. 14, 2008) — School boards to receive additional $10.5 million to offset the effects of high fuel prices plus an additional $4.9 million over current funding to meet the provincial cost benchmark of operating a typical 72-passenger school bus. Read more

STN will be holding its first webinar in less than a week. Sign up today to join Denny Coughlin on Wednesday, March 26 as he talks about a number of factors that can help you decide which maintenance program will work best for your department. The webinar, sponsored by Transfinder, will last approximately 30 minutes.

STN EXPO presents the revised, NHTSA-developed National Child Passenger Safety Training for School Buses on July 26 and 27. This eight-hour course provides new stand-alone modules and extensive additional material on securing children in safety vests and in school bus seat add-ons. Certified instructors at the EXPO will be Charley Kennington, director of transportation services for ESC Region IV in Houston; Cheryl Wolf, director of transportation at Lafayette, Ind., School Corporation; Sue Shutrump, the supervisor of occupational and physical therapy services at the Trumbull County, Ohio, Educational Service Center; and Jean Zimmerman, supervisor of occupational and physical therapy for The School District of Palm Beach County, Fla., will be on hand in Reno to teach attendees the latest in child safety seat securement techniques. They taught the first revised course at the National Conference on Transporting Students with Disabilities & Preschoolers earlier this month along with Kathy Strotmeyer of the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project. A new curriculum book is currently being produced by NHTSA and will be available in time for the EXPO. Sign up today.

Student Transportation of America's STA-Goffstown location was awarded an $8.4 million contract to provide transportation services for the Kearsarge Regional School District over the next five years, the company announced in a press release.

Discipline, Despite Bus Rescue
SEASIDE, Calif. — A 15-year-old girl who stopped an out-of-control school bus she was riding on was handed a Saturday detention instead because she was skipping school. Associated Press

Bus Services at Risk, Say School Administrators
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The way your kids get to school could be affected by the property tax relief plan at the Statehouse. It is still waiting for the Governor Mitch Daniels' signature. WANE.com