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Feb112015 by Vlada TereninaNo Comments

How Route Optimization Can Make Your School Bus Fleet ‘Greener’

Even though one school bus replaces 36 cars on the road, student transportation systems contribute to global climate change and are still a target for air pollution reductions. This puts a lot of pressure on schools to adopt “green” business practices and decrease their fleet’s carbon footprint. Efficient route planning and vehicle tracking tools can help significantly improve the situation and even lower operating costs, while helping save the planet. (more…)

Feb52015 by Lori JethaNo Comments

Keeping Students Safe: 3 Key NAPT Policy Issues in 2015

School Bus

The National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) recently published a snapshot of their 16 hot button issues for 2015. Here's what we recommend to address three of them: (more…)

Feb32015 by Lori JethaNo Comments

Special Needs Program Embraces Seon Anti-bullying Campaign

Seon's Anti-bullying Campaign

In October of 2014, thousands of students participated in Seon’s annual coloring contest, first launched in 2013 to promote anti-bullying awareness and education. One special needs student program in Georgia participated in the contest in a way that was truly inspiring. We caught up with Gary Mullis, Director of Services at the Cedarwood Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support (GNETS) to hear his story. (more…)

Jan292015 by Lori JethaNo Comments

5 Lessons Learned: Using Cameras to Capture School Bus Stop-arm Violations

School Bus, Stop-arm Cameras

Over 24 states have now introduced or have pending laws authorizing the use of video cameras on the outside of school buses to identify stop-arm violators. But rolling out a stop-arm camera program can be tricky and time-consuming. So we thought we’d share five lessons we’ve learned from working with school districts over the past five years to test and perfect the technology to help them take advantage of these new laws. (more…)