School Bus Fleet, February 2018

10939B Reed Hartman Hwy Cincinnati OH www ewss org 8005430575Your Safety is our Speciality DISTRIBUTORS FOR EZ ON Safety Vests Cam Harnesses Custom VestsBESI Pro Tech III Universal Vests New Safe Journey Seat Mount Over the Shoulder Harnesses Evacuation AccessoriesQ Straint Sure Lok Wheelchair Occupant Restraint SystemsIMMI Star Seats including the new SuperStar Bus Seat replacement Covers and Foams 3 Point Integrated Seats 54 SCHOOL BUS FLEET FEBRUARY 2018 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM DeLee was transporting 13 students last April when he smelled smoke coming from the bus He pulled over in front of a school and as smoke started to fill the bus he evacuated his passengers and took them into the building DeLee then went back out to make sure no one else was on the bus before it became engulfed in flames RON CORDOVA has joined fleet management technology provider Zonar as a compliance manager He will drive execution of business initiatives and ensure that Zonar solutions meet regulations and address customer needs Cordovas experience includes more than two decades with the Motor Transportation Police Division of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety He also served as president of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance DEANNA STALLONES kept driving even as cancer assailed her Stallones a school bus driver for Bellville Texas Independent School District ISD was diagnosed with the disease in 2008 Still she continued to report to the Bellville bus yard before dawn rarely missing a day of work CODY COX director of transportation for Bellville ISD said that throughout her battle with cancer Stallones served as a role model for her passengers She came to work with a great attitude and was ready to go get her students Cox said Stallones started driving for Bellville ISD in 2004 The following year she began suffering stomach pain In 2008 doctors discovered that carcinoid tumors had grown throughout her body The tumors had attached to her bones and intertwined with her nervous system ruling out surgery Stallones endured the pain and continued her work at Bellville ISD Cox recently relied on the veteran driver to take on extra responsibility At the start of the 2017 18 school year the director of transportation dissolved a few routes which meant that Stallones had to cover an additional area and pick up some at risk students I knew that she would be the best driver to add these at risk students and that she would provide them with care and love while on her bus Cox said Stallones kept driving nearly until the end With the cancer overtaking her she hung up her keys in October Parents called Cox to find out when the beloved bus driver was coming back Two months later on Dec 27 Stallones succumbed to complications of her cancer She died with family at her side in Magnolia Texas Cox said that Stallones passing is a tremendous loss for his department as well as the families they serve Deanna is one of those drivers that cannot be replaced he said I know Deanna had a huge impact on her students and that they all loved her BOBBY DELEE a driver for First Student serving Syracuse N Y City School District recently won a new award from the New York School Bus Contractors Association NYSBCA for his response to a fire on his bus The recognition is NYSBCAs first Industry Wide Employee of the Month award Stallones Cordova DeLee PEOPLE