2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (463+ words) A substitute school bus driver was fired after failing to drop off two students with special needs at school and leaving them alone on the bus at the Tooele County School District transportation yard located west of Salt Lake City,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (331+ words) What districts recover, what goes unclaimed and a deep dive on Medicaid, IDEA, grant programs and more. In September 2026, Zonar and School Transportation News (STN) surveyed transportation professionals across the U.S. about how their districts fund and document specialized transportation. Join…...

4+ day, 3+ min ago   (199+ words) From reactive to predictable dispatch, timekeeping and payroll. Managing payroll for a school transportation department can involve complex schedules, changing assignments, driver time, and manual data entry. DeSoto County School District invested in dispatch and timekeeping software to make payroll…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (405+ words) Families of students attending Unity Classical Charter School were told to make alternative transportation arrangements after the school’s bus provider abruptly ended its services, reported Queen City News. According to the news report, Infiniti Transportation notified the southwest Charlotte charter…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (471+ words) About two dozen prospective kindergarten students and their families in Alberta learned how to ride the school bus safely during Pembina Hills School Division’s annual Meet the Bus event, reported Town and County Today News. According to the news report,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (106+ words) School Transportation Nation – Episode 322 We examine the potential fallout from proposed changes to the Head Start program, increased danger as students return to school, a tornado that devastated a Wisconsin bus contractor, and updates from NAPT and TSD Conference. Parker…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (497+ words) A sixth-grade student from Prosper, Texas was named the overall national winner of the 2026 National School Bus Safety Poster Contest for artwork illustrating this year’s theme, “Safe Rides, Everyday Heroes.” The National Association for Pupil Transportation announced that Sai Darshana…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (357+ words) The city of Albuquerque called on community members to help fill a city bus with school supplies for students at Albuquerque Public Schools during its annual Stuff the Bus donation drive, reported KOAT News. The event, held in partnership with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (829+ words) In Churchill County School District in Fallon, Nevada, the value of Transfinder’s transportation management system looks different depending on where you sit. For Transportation Director Austin Metz, it is about managing routes, serving approximately 1,300 students and finding practical ways to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (744+ words) A recent webinar explored how transportation can support attendance, enrollment and equity while districts contend with driver shortages, rising costs and growing specialized transportation needs. For Angelo Grau, transportation supervisor at Mesquite Independent School District in Texas, the student transportation…...