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Looking to ease the school morning rush? FirstView® Parent App is your morning and afternoon resource for knowing the location of your student’s bus, estimated arrival times at your student’s stop and the bus’s arrival or departure from school. Live Tracking and Predictive Stop Arrival Times: Shows location and direction of your student’s bus, stop times for […]

When Kenosha, Wisconsin Location Manager Mike Comstock wanted to decorate one of the walls at Location #20737 in a way that would show appreciation for his employees, he discussed the idea with the Kenosha Unified School District Superintendent. Together with 3 art teachers, they created a summer art project for 14 students – a mural […]

    Once a year the top school bus drivers from across North America participate in the School Bus Driver International Safety Competition. Hosted by the National School Transportation Association (NSTA), this is one of the most important events in the school bus industry where drivers have the opportunity to demonstrate their professionalism, skill, and dedication […]

Though people think of donating to food banks during the holiday seasons, hunger has no season – food pantries need help year round.Team members from Location #12648 in Ridgefield, CT held a food drive on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Ridgefield Stop & Shop supermarket in Ridgefield, CT. Throughout the day, team members collected […]

Electrifying your fleet is not as simple as buying an electric school bus and plugging it in. The process involves a multitude of steps and stakeholders. You will need expertise in grant writing and funding, evaluation of route lengths and weather, utility power and supply, selecting the right buses, chargers, and batteries, and designing and […]

From the Sedalia Democrat, May 17, 2017 Every weekday during the school year, parents send their most precious possessions, their children, off to school trusting they will arrive to school and back home safely. It is due in large part to one individual, Connie Miller, that the precious cargo in Sedalia, MO school buses makes […]

The DriveSmart measures how well locations maximize their fuel efficiency  through the winter months and upholding our values of being Accountable for Performance and Setting the Highest Standards. This annual contest grades the results of this initiative. Location #11323, Central, LA, donated donating $4,550 as a direct result of placing in the top 10 percent […]

First Student Location #11419 in Coffeyville, KS conducted team building activities before school year starts. The session began with a kick-off meeting greeting returning drivers and welcoming new staff. Then staff broke into groups and were given the following directives: •  design a location crest •  identify team members’ accomplishments •  outline the location team’s values […]

    Dispatcher Ron Jones, from Location #20275 in Parkville, Missouri, recently competed in the 48th Annual Sertoma BBQ for the Sertoma-Schiefelbusch Communication Camp for children with special communication needs. This camp is a collaborative effort between the Lawrence Sertoma Club and the Schiefelbusch Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at the University of Kansas. Children come to the […]

In April, 2017, seven First Student drivers from Location #28005 in Baltic, CT accepted an invitation from Sayles Elementary School in Sprague, CT to participate in a school bus safety program.Instead  the students and school staff’s program was to praise and offer gratitude for drivers’ service to the students and the community.The presentation began with […]