School Buses

7-Year-Old Kicked Off School Bus, Forced To Wander Alone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.30.2012

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Amber Hobdy, a mother from Eagle Mountain, Utah, is outraged after her 7-year-daughter Kya was allegedly kicked off a school bus in an unfamiliar neig...

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The Magically Green School Bus

Jonny Cohen | Posted 05.09.2012

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One day in seventh grade, I noticed the inefficient design of school buses. Then it hit me! Why not build a shield to retrofit buses by redirecting the airflow to decrease drag and increase gas mileage?

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Broke State Could Soon Charge For School Bus Rides

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Goreville Illinois, Illinois School Buses, Video, Illinois Schools, Illinois Students, School Buses, Illinois Students Bus Fare, Illinois Education, Illinois Politics, Illinois School Bus Charge, Illinois School Bus Fee, Chicago News

As school districts statewide complain about the mounting costs of transporting their students, the Illinois State Board of Education could soon allow...

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School Bus Accidents in the News: Are Your Children Safe?

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Seat Belts, School Bus Safety, School Bus Accident, School Buses, School Bus Crash, Seat Belt Laws, Schools, Parents News

Parents have a right to expect that when they put their children on the school bus in the morning, they will get to and from school safely.

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38 Children Injured In Washington School Bus Rollover

AP | SHANNON DININNY | Posted 05.12.2012

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YAKIMA, Wash. — A school bus overturned Monday morning on a central Washington highway, injuring dozens of children, including three seriously, ...

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Bus Driver Instructed Girl To Beat 9-Year-Old While She Restrained Him

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.06.2012

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Brenda Abdul-Mateen, a Columbus City Schools bus driver in Ohio, held a 9-year-old boy's arms and told a girl to beat him up on her school bus, police...

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Student Falls Out Of School Bus, Runs After It

Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: School Commute, Video, Student Falls Out of School Bus, China Schools, To-School Commute, School Buses, Chinese Schools, School Bus, School Transit, Education News

Mondays, right? No one knows better than this poor kid in China. Watch as the unsuspecting student falls out the back of the moving bus, and then p...

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3 Still In Critical Condition After Fatal New Jersey School Bus Crash

AP | BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI | Posted 04.18.2012

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CHESTERFIELD, N.J. — The National Transportation Safety Board is examining how seat belt use factored into the New Jersey school bus crash that ...

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Driver Saves 6 From Flame-Engulfed School Bus

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.10.2012

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Lindora Richardson, a 37-year-old school bus driver, managed to save six children before her bus erupted into flames yesterday in Charlotte, N.C., CNN...

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SHOCK: 6th Grader Brutally Beaten While Peers Videotape, Cheer

Posted 03.23.2012

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Troubling footage has surfaced of a student with autism being brutally beaten to the ground at his Maryland school bus stop while his peers stood by t...

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Why One Mother Hates the School Bus Ride

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Stress, Public Schools, Teasing, Education, Bullying, School Buses, Teens, Mommybloggers, Psychology, Tweens, Parenting, Parents News

The school bus is one of the places that kids get teased the most and I believe that this is partly due to the older kids having so much unsupervised access to the younger kids.

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Girl Left Unconscious On School Bus After Beating

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.02.2012

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A 13-year-old female student was beaten so badly by seven students between the ages of 12 and 15 that she was left unconscious on the school bus Frida...

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Bus Drive Allegedly Uses School Bus As Weapon

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.16.2011

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Theresa P. Douglas, 40, was arrested Wednesday and charged with many counts of assault in Maryland after she drove a school bus into a trailer in the ...

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School Bus Driver Allegedly Falls Asleep At Wheel On Highway

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.07.2011

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After reportedly falling asleep while driving a school bus full of kids down a highway in Tacoma, Wash., the 65-year-old driver has been put on admini...

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Mom Killed Directing School Bus

AP | Posted 12.19.2011

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HINCKLEY, Ohio -- Police say a northeast Ohio woman standing in a street directing a school bus with her children on board has been hit and killed by ...

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School Bus Driver Faces DUI Charge After Drunk Driving Students

AP | Posted 11.27.2011

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WINDHAM, N.H. — A New Hampshire school bus driver is facing drunken driving charges after police say she struck a mailbox with her bus while tra...

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Dump Truck Hits School Bus, 2 Girls Injured

AP | Posted 11.26.2011

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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Two girls getting on a bus for school Monday were injured when a dump truck rear-ended the vehicle in the Phoenix suburb of Glendal...

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Mother Banned From School And Bus Stop For Confronting Son's Bullies

Posted 11.26.2011

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A Minnesota mother has been banned from her child's school and bus stop for defending her son against bullies, WCCO-TV reports. After her 10-year-...

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Kindergartener Delivered To Wrong Bus Stop Found 'Crying And Wandering'

Posted 11.01.2011

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Flaws in the oversight of a south suburban school district's bus route caused a Richton Park 5-year-old to have a traumatic first day of kindergarten....

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School Bus Driver Sentenced For Fatal Crash Involving Cell Phone

AP | By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 10.25.2011

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PHILADELPHIA -- A suburban Philadelphia man once at the center of a national debate on cellphones and driving will spend one to two years behind bars ...

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The Most Important Item on Your Kids' Back-to-School List

Sam Sommers | Posted 10.22.2011

When you start your own back-to-school shopping this month -- for your kids or for yourself -- don't forget the most important item on that list: the right mentality.

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4 Things Parents Can Do To Stop School Bus Pollution

The Daily Green | Posted 10.21.2011

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Especially for kids with asthma, just getting to school can be hazardous. Fumes from a school bus's diesel exhaust can enter the cabin, exposing kids ...

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Andrew Cuomo Signs Legislation Banning Child Molesters From Driving School Buses

Posted 10.16.2011

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Tuesday banning convicted sex offenders, sex traffickers, those who have lured children and people convicted o...

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Ex-North Chicago School Officials Indicted In Kickback Scheme, $9.67 Million Sought

Posted 09.14.2011

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Two former North Chicago Unit School District officials were indicted by a grand jury Thursday for allegedly receiving kickbacks totaling over $800,00...

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1 Woman, Children Hurt In Denver School Bus Crash

AP | Posted 09.08.2011

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DENVER — Authorities say several high school students and a woman were hurt in a traffic accident involving a Denver Public Schools bus and a ca...

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