School Bus Fleet, January 2018

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 Assistants MICHAELA KWOKA COLEMAN CLAYTON WONG 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 6 SCHOOL BUS FLEET JANUARY 2018 WWW SCHOOLBUSFLEET COM Community FEEDBACK WATCH LOOK READ VIDEO Nevada Districts Winter Transportation Procedures Washoe County School District shows how it assesses road conditions and transportation safety when snow and ice arrive schoolbusfleet com Jan18a PHOTOS School Transporters Celebrate the Season Holiday activities included festive school buses shown off in parades stuff the bus campaigns for those in need and snow sculpture to name a few schoolbusfleet com Jan18i Principal Drives School Bus Studies Driver Shortage for Doctorate In this blog post Indiana elementary principal Dan Zylstra shares how he pitches in to mitigate the driver shortage at his school not only as a substitute driver but also by researching the issue as he earns his doctorate in education schoolbusfleet com Jan18b Mirror Technology at Issue in Struck by Bus Fatalities Executive Editor Thomas McMahon reviewed federal statistics that show that more students outside the school bus are killed by the bus itself than by other vehicles in the November 2017 issue Editors Note and blog post Struck by Bus Fatalities Are a Prime Target A reader responded and pointed to a concern with mirrors For the past 12 years I have been concerned about the mirrors that are placed upon these vehicles Besides stonewalling by the manufacturers and others who claim to be experts that the mirrors that they use comply with federal regulations they leave large blind spots that are directly related to the type of accidents you discuss in the blog The bus manufacturers and experts in the industry know this as does the government and yet they have chosen cost prohibitive electronic solutions that school districts cannot afford rather than force mirror manufacturers to produce technology that works We have changed mirror technology to cover these blind spots see www m cna com Sadly the victims of this problem are not only the children the drivers lives are forever changed by what they have done and being fired when they maybe really could not see the child Richard T Ince Vice President of Safety M C North America Inc Brentwood Tennessee