Stephen Puchta, who last spring was named the director of field services and pupil transportation for the Ohio Department of Education, died early Wednesday.

How do you respond when the superintendent—or worse, the local media—calls and asks for the cost of student transportation? When it has come time to seek ...

Hundreds of thousands of kids get up every morning, wolf down a bowl of cereal and hop on a school bus. But who's driving them? A school bus operator on ...

Top in the state. St. Marys Transportation Supervisor Dan Grothause (second from right) stands with his family after being named the William Rice Award winner.

WELLS — Rep. Dan Hobbs, D-Wells, offered his support for, LD 656, An Act To Increase the Penalty for Passing a School Bus with Its Red Lights Flashing ...

Ohio On-Bus Instructor of the Year Lorie Stulz received her award at the 59 th annual OAPT Awards Banquet on March 18. (Left to right: Stulz's sister Shelly ...

As more metropolitan school districts cut back on student transportation to save money, a recent study focusing on Baltimore City Public Schools — an open ...

FRISCO, Texas — A recurrent theme during day two of the 2019 TSD Conference was how attendees can build trust in their own knowledge, as well as with ...

Joseph G. Williams Jr. was a man who was responsible for the safety of hundreds of children every day. As the Transportation Specialist for the Farmingdale ...

A provocative new study claims New Jersey could cut $200 million in its annual school transportation costs. “The percentage of special needs students proved to ...

Standard operating procedures—or the utter lack of them—for reviewing video vary widely from district to district, which was confirmed by STN's latest reader ...

Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli fought to pass law for 6 years after learning up to 50000 motorists per day pass stopped NY school buses.

Joseph G. Williams Jr. was a man who was responsible for the safety of hundreds of children every day. As the Transportation Specialist for the Farmingdale ...

Students who walk under the Wolf Road viaduct near Cumberland Circle to get to Cumberland Elementary School and Chippewa Middle School in Des Plaines ...

Thousands of hard-working school bus drivers safely transport more than 760000 students to and from school each day across the state. To recognize this ...

Bus driver Mickey Reed was dropping off Byron Primary School students on his typical afternoon route one day last fall when his worst fear happened.

The Franklin County Board of Education voted Monday to accept a bid from AmeriGas to provide a propane fueling system for new school buses set to arrive ...

Byron bus driver Mickey Reed is slotted to speak at the 3rd annual Bus Drivers Appreciation Day today in Minneapolis. In this age of distracted drivers, Reed ...

ALBANY — State Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara announced the approval of a measure that will allow stop arm cameras to be installed on school ...

The Oregon Pupil Transportation Association (OPTA) held its Winter Workshop on Feb. 23, 2019. The event drew 868 attendees from 54 school districts and ...

WINCHESTER — Winchester is joining the Monadnock School District in signing onto the Contoocook Valley Regional School District lawsuit against the state ...

On Wednesday, Feb. 27, Belle Plaine, along with the state of Minnesota, celebrated the third annual Bus Driver Appreciation Day. For drivers at Stier ...

New propane buses are arriving that are the cleanest on the market when it comes to emissions. Bethel School District students will be the first in the country to ...

Since 2007, Love the Bus Month has become a national event that is celebrated by school districts and contractors, alike. The event is hosted by the American ...

I am pleased to say after six years of efforts that the New York State Assembly has finally passed A.4950A which allows for stop arm cameras on school buses to ...

By Dan Brendel/Gazette Packet. Friday, March 22, 2019 · Sign in to favorite this; Discuss Comment, Blog about; Share this Email, Facebook, Twitter. #The City ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Shelby Moore has been driving a school bus for 22 years. She thinks it's an honor to take children to school every day. "We have their ...

A citizen advocate for the School Bus Safety Alliance spoke to the Berea Board of Education on Feb. 25 and urged members to consider installing seat belts on ...

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School officials talk about what it takes to make a successful transportation route.

School busing cost savings can be achieved but it will require collaboration, coordination at the state and local level and a change of attitude.

Fort Wayne police will be on the lookout for drivers disregarding the buses' flashing red lights and stop arms.

The city stands to save at least $288 million if it adopts employee protections for school bus drivers that lapsed more than a decade ago, a new analysis ...

COLUMBUS – For more than 20 years, Ohio schools have wrestled with an unfair, ever-shifting method of state spending on public education. Two lawmakers ...

Over the years, local school districts have been struggling to find substitute staff and faculty including teachers and bus drivers.

Mount Greylock School Committee Chairman Joe Bergeron, left, and committee members Regina DiLego and Dan Caplinger participate in Thursday's meeting.

LONDON, March 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest report from business intelligence provider Visiongain offers comprehensive analysis of the global Electric.

Both opponents and supporters of a proposal to use public money to fund private-school tuition in Pulaski County made their opening arguments in various ...

Fulton County Schools was among the winners of the inaugural Pupil Transportation Safety Awards, which recognize school districts for going above and ...

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The head of pupil transportation for New York City schools has been fired after a nightmarish string of bus mishaps marred the ...

The Blanchard Education *Service* Center, 501 N. Dixon St., houses the central offices for Portland Public Schools. 0. By Eder Campuzano | The Oregonian/ ...

Goldstein was fired after an embarrassing slew of busing mishaps marred the start of the school year.

Paul T. Stewart, who was recognized at recent school bus industry conferences in Kansas City for his lifelong *service*, passed away peacefully on Dec. 15.

Embattled top Department of Education administrator Elizabeth Rose has resigned, The Post has learned.

Are you doing twice the work? Do you need a powerful school bus routing solution, as well as easily managed reports and districtwide access to transportation ...

Just days after responding to the city's school bus crisis by firing a top official and reassigning another, schools Chancellor Richard Carranza put his staff on ...

NYC deal to bring Amazon boots 1000 public school employees from their longstanding offices.

Council Member Justin Brannan (photo: John McCarten\City Council). Sally Kabel was diagnosed with infant leukemia at ten months old, the treatment for which ...

School districts spend more each year ferrying pupils than on school administration and capital improvements. A new report suggests big economies are ...

NEW YORK - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly looking into contracts awarded by the city's Education Department to private yellow school bus ...

The wheels on the bus go round and round, but they require someone behind the wheel to drive them.New York school districts are facing a shortage of bus ...

After the school year began with a record number of complaints concerning bus delays and treacherously long routes, schools Chancellor Richard Carranza ...

School Transportation News is a monthly news and feature magazine serving the field of pupil transportation. Our mission is to create *content*, community and ...

The New York City Council is set to vote Wednesday on a set of bills introduced back in October, targeting the school bus system.

New York school districts say they need more bus drivers. A report released Thursday says a shortage of drivers is the top concern of 60 percent of school ...

New York City must build a school bus system that works for the students it is intended to serve.

A new survey details the danger and prevalence of illegal school bus passing.

The Transporting Students with Disabilities & Special Needs Conference & Trade Show is almost here. Final preparations are being completed for the popular ...

Kevin Moran was appointed to oversee the Office of Pupil Transportation.

The Department of Education is investigating allegations that more than 100 people were fraudulently approved to work as city school-bus drivers when their ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — School districts throughout the U.S. are struggling to find school bus drivers, a challenge that has worsened with low unemployment and ...

The Student Transportation Oversight Package (STOP) was designed to avoid the back to school “nightmares” and give more transparency to parents in New ...

The Department of Education (DOE) has reassigned four Grandpa Bus Company routes serving children in Queens to another company. Stories of children ...

Not too sure what it is, but Alan Sond's Clown Around Town got at me twisted-cursed, like. One of these days, some dimensional rift will suddenly rip open, and ...

There was supposed to be a presentation on a proposed transportation hub for board members Wednesday, but it was pulled by school leaders for a particular ...

Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into contracts awarded to private companies that operate New York City's $1.2 billion yellow school bus ...

The Department of Education switched school bus driver oversight from retired law enforcement officers to their human resources department, a spokesman said ...

NEW YORK -- Next school year, NYC parents will be able to track their child's school bus like you can do with Uber right now. The new legislation is part of a ...

Paul T. Stewart, age 100, of Charleston, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Hubbard Hospice House, surrounded by his family. Paul was preceded ...

While parents have deluged a city hotline with nearly 102000 complaints about late or no-show school buses, 25 employees in the Department of Education's ...

The package of bills comes after reports of bus mishaps at the start of the school year.

NEWTON FALLS — A Newton Falls resident said he is losing patience when it comes to getting school transportation for his daughter. Patrick Pellin's daugh.

Parents of special education students were paying close attention when the City Council passed a bill on Wednesday mandating that all school buses come ...

City schools officials bypassed the lead investigator checking the criminal backgrounds of school bus drivers and forged his signature on more than 100 ...

Another top school official has taken a hit in the city's yellow school bus implosion. Former CEO of school operations Elizabeth Rose, who oversaw school ...

Kudos to Chancellor Richard Carranza for taking ownership of the city school bus mess. He's got a lot to clean up if he means to avert the same old chaos next...

The former head of the unit that did background checks and misconduct investigations on school bus drivers said he repeatedly got resistance from higher-ups ...

Massive problems with yellow school bus *service* continue to delay and strand thousands of city children.

A Daily News investigation, based on documents and interviews, has found at least six drivers were allowed to ferry children to and from school, some for years, ...

GETTING READY FOR RIDERS — Birnie Bus *Service* vehicles in the lot get warmed up for school on a recent winter day. A statewide report says a shortage of ...

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza says the delayed and missing buses across the city are “unacceptable” and that he's aggressively working to remedy the ...

ALC veteran executive Gregg Prettyman is appointed to lead the ALC Schools division. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NATIONAL ...

Read more Green Bus news coverage. Alternative Fuel | Idle Regulations by State | Fuel & Environmental Web Resource Links ...

Though the Department of Education's Office of Pupil Transportation denied there was a shortage of school bus drivers at a City Council hearing on the ...

Transporting Students with Disabilities & Special Needs National Conference & Exhibition March 15, 2019 - March 20, 2019 Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas ...

A City Council committee will hold a hearing on the crisis in the city's school bus system, following a Daily News series that exposed rampant complaints about ...

Whittier-area public school students taking the bus will see several big changes this school year, from a new name on the vehicle to computer systems telling ...

The National Association for Pupil Transportation closed its annual conference in Kansas City with its 44th annual trade show on Tuesday. Earlier that morning ...

Registration is now open for the 26th Annual North American School Bus EXPO Conference & Trade Show (aka: STN EXPO), presented by School ...

Parents often worry about their kids riding the school bus. But waiting for the bus or getting off after school can pose a far greater danger.

This article originally appeared on Patch.com. The author granted reprint permission to School Transportation News. The first school bus was a horse-drawn ...

A problem that is often echoed in the pupil transportation industry is the lack of communication when it comes to school bus issues. This issue can be combated ...

State law says that school bus drivers must drop off each student at his or her designated stop.

Michigan public schools spent an average of $10209 per student in 2016-17, up 2 percent from $9996 in 2015-16, according to data collected by the Michigan ...

What a wake-up call on the incompetence of local government: A few inches of early snow brought chaos and paralysis across the metro area.

The death of a young student highlights recent incidents involving police officers and school bus stop safety. On Friday, Officer Andria Heese was driving in a ...

EUGENE, Ore. -- School bus drivers and transportation officials gathered at Sheldon High School Saturday for active shooter training. This was apart of The ...

When Hun Joon “Paul” Lee, a 19-year-old special needs Whittier Union High student, died after being left inside a parked, hot school bus in 2015, his death ...

An estimated 15 million violations of school bus stop are expected to take place this year according to the National Association of State Directors of Pupil ...