The Transportation Director of Loudoun County Public Schools in northern Virginia said school buses "ran like clockwork" Monday to and from a newly-constructed middle school dedicated to his predecessor, who passed away suddenly last summer.

Nearly 600 students and counting rode to class last week in special needs buses that are once again being operated by the Clovis Unified School District in Fresno, Calif.

The Ontario School Bus Association sent a template of a media release to its members so they can customize local messages on back-to-school and school-bus safety.

The Joplin (Mo.) Area Catholic Schools last week received two conventional Type C school buses and one 16- to 20-passenger Type A bus in response to the deadly tornado that leveled the area in May.

NHTSA denied a petition filed by nearly dozen organizations and individuals that were seeking a federal rulemaking for the mandatory installation of three-point, lap/shoulder belts in all newly-manufactured large school buses. NHTSA said such a requirement could result in more student deaths.