A preview of upcoming conferences, a rundown of Transportation Director of the Year award winners & more.

Bus Monitor Irma O'Connell (also a 2023 STN Rising Superstar) and Operations Manager Jason Schwartz from Widefield School District #3 in Colorado delve meticulously into necessary staff training for transporting students with special needs.

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We break down the FCC's approval of school bus WiFi funding through the E-Rate program and an Ohio safety group's discussion on lap-shoulder belts.

Director of Transportation and 2023 STN Rising Superstar Colby Stevens gives a peek into challenges and operations at Teton County School District #1 in a beautiful, cold, rural part of Wyoming.

Daniel Hernandez, chief operating officer for Adroit and senior vice president of operations at Beacon Mobility, talks meeting district and student needs with non-yellow bus transportation.

Steven Whaley, senior director of autogas business development for the Propane Education & Research Council, responds to a misleading Vox article and shares the progress of propane in the school bus industry.

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Headlines include a new California electric school bus mandate and how it could be fulfilled, as well as the National Congress on School Transportation weighing in on alternative student transportation.

Brandon Coonrod delves into serving as assistant director and now interim director of transportation for Portland Public Schools, discussing the driver shortage, contracting, fleet electrification and fuel choices, technology, and the search for a new director.

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An upcoming Federal Communication Commission vote may provide more school bus Wi-Fi funding and the Tennessee murderer of a school bus driver was released.

Shelley Rutledge, a school psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker with the Salem-Keizer School District in Oregon, delves into the touchy topic of problematic sexual behavior in student riders and previews her keynote at the Transporting Students with Disabilities and Special Needs Conference in November.

Read more at stnonline.com/special-needs.

Tony and Ryan discuss a new round of Clean School Bus Program funding, the need for infrastructure, and a government shutdown.

School bus contractor Suffolk Bus Corporation is located in New York, which is mandating electric school buses by 2035, and won a Green Fleet Award at the Green Bus Summit during this year's STN EXPO Reno. Thomas Smith, vice president of school operations and business development, joins us to discuss current operations and future strategies.

Read more at stnonline.com/green-bus.

Analysis on economic trends, including what rising fuel prices and a California electric school bus mandate means for the industry.

Annamarie Banner, director of transportation for Garland ISD in Texas, a winner of Transfinder's Top Transportation Teams award, talks school startup, technology and teambuilding.

Director of Emergency Services Patrick Dewing shares how the Verra Mobility stop arm camera enforcement system was implemented and is being used for school bus rider safety in Broome County, New York.

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Discussions on safety equipment for school buses, economic trends and autonomous vehicles.

We talk bus operations and department collaboration with Todd Livesay, director of transportation of Franklin Township Community School Corporation in Indiana, a winner of Transfinder's Top Transportation Teams award.

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Headlines on EV battery production, school bus TV segments, a COVID-19 spike, and a study on data collection.

Nationally certified school psychologist Dr. Ben Springer delves into the intersection of special education and transportation, as well as his TSD Conference keynote on managing aggressive student behaviors on the bus.

Read more at stnonline.com/tag/special-needs.

The STN September issue is out and the federal E-rate plan to add Wi-Fi to school buses has hit a snag.

Special education attorney and TSD keynote speaker Betsey Helfrich lends insights on the case of a wheelchair-bound New Jersey student who choked to death on the bus, how it is reminiscent of the 2002 Susavage v. Bucks case, and what districts should do to avoid such tragedies.

Transportation Director Monique Bryant shares how communication and teamwork greatly improved at Marshall Public Schools in Michigan, one of Transfinder's Top Transportation Team winners.

Read more at stnonline.com/tag/special-needs and stnonline.com/tag/teamwork.

Student fatalities in Ohio and Kansas reignite conversations on seatbelts on school buses.

Transportation Supervisor Donna Hackett shares the service, leadership and partnership secrets behind the cohesive team at New York's Pembroke Central School District, which won first place in Transfinder's Top Transportation Team competition this summer.

Doug Campbell, Safe Fleet's national account manager for school bus, discusses technology and strategies to help keep students safe from illegal passing.

Read more at stnonline.com/tag/teamwork and stnonline.com/tag/safety.