School Bus Fleet, 2018 Fact Book

CORRECTION In the November 2017 issue the driver shortage chart on pg 37 had two sections mislabeled Severe 22 should have pointed to the orange portion while Desperate 5 should have pointed to the red portion The corrected chart is shown on the right 8 SCHOOL BUS FLEET WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM www schoolbusfleet com General Manager Publisher JAMES BLUE 310 533 2449 Fax 310 533 2512 Email james blue@ bobit com VP Emeritus NAPT Hall of Fame 2016 FRANK DI GIACOMO 49 S Maple Ave Marlton NJ 08053 856 596 0999 Fax 856 596 0168 Associate Publisher MARK HOLLENBECK 3115 NE McDonald Ln McMinnville OR 97128 503 472 8200 Fax 503 472 8228 Email mark hollenbeck@ bobit com Executive Editor THOMAS McMAHON Managing Editor NICOLE SCHLOSSER Editorial Assistant MICHAELA KWOKA COLEMAN Senior Graphics Artist YUDA CHEN Senior Production Manager SARAH PAREDES Audience Development Manager BECKY FENTON For Subscription Inquiries 888 239 2455 Classified Advertising Sales DAVID AVILA 310 533 2517 Fax 310 533 2512 Email david avila@ bobit com EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD David Anderson Director of Transportation and Fleet Adams 12 Five Star Schools Thornton Colorado Michael Dallessandro Veteran Transportation Director Grand Island New York Ted Finlayson Schueler President Safety Rules Syracuse New York Tim Flood Executive Vice President The Trans Group Spring Valley New York Derek Graham Pupil Transportation Consultant Cary North Carolina Pam McDonald Director of Transportation and Mechanical Services Orange Calif Unified School District Michael Shields Director of Transportation and Auxiliary Services Salem Keizer Public Schools Salem Oregon Cheryl Wolf Special Needs Transportation Consultant Lafayette Indiana BOBIT BUSINESS MEDIA Chairman 1961 2014 NAPT Hall of Fame 1999 EDWARD J BOBIT President and CEO TY BOBIT VP and Chief Operating Officer CYNDY DRUMMEY Chief Financial Officer ARMAND DEL DUCA Business Editorial Offices Bobit Business Media 3520 Challenger St Torrance CA 90503 310 533 2587 Fax 310 533 2512 Email sbf@ bobit com PRINTED IN U S A FLEET Community FEEDBACK Hitching a Sled Ride In School Bus Fleets September 2017 issue Executive Editor Thomas McMahon wrote about the funny and heartwarming stories that retired school bus driver and author Tom Brandon shared in his book Mr Brandons School Bus What I Heard on the Way to School Read the column on the book at schoolbusfleet com FB18c This inspired one reader to share a story of her own One day one of our drivers came in and said that one of her pre K students noticed the hooks on the back of the bus and asked her since we had snow if they could hook their sled up to the hooks on the back and go for a ride She told the student that shed have to check with her boss I thought that this was so great Rhonda Hansen Transportation Coordinator Stevens Point Wis School District BUSTING UP WATCH VIDEO A Day in the Life of a School Transportation Department Florence Ariz Unified School District No 1 follows school bus driver and dispatcher Mary Ellen Tasco for a day to find out what goes into transporting over 5400 students to and from school particularly amid a driver shortage schoolbusfleet com FB18a LOOK PHOTOS California Districts Electric School Bus Ribbon Cutting Colton Joint Unified School District marked the delivery of two electric school buses funded in part by state grants in November schoolbusfleet com FB18b Mild 30 Moderate 33 None 10 Desperate 5 Severe 22