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About
At every stop, we have the ability to positively impact each student’s day. This is more than transportation. This is the start of a better school day.
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Services
With a team of highly trained drivers and the industry’s strongest safety record, First Student delivers reliable, quality services.
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Technology
Leveraging GPS and other on-board technology, our proprietary software, FOCUS, increases communication, efficiency and management of your transportation system.
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Why Contract
From improved service and safety performance to greater cost efficiencies, contracting student transportation can benefit your school district on multiple levels.
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We work closely with your school district to ensure the solutions we provide represent a collective, forward-thinking response to your community’s unique needs.
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When you join First Student, you become part of a team of dedicated professionals who support education by ensuring children have a safe, reliable way to get to and from school.
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Nov 22, 2016

Understanding the Benefits of GPS on the School Bus

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) on school buses once seemed preposterous and rare, but GPS is — now — more than just pinpointing a location, it delivers first-class operations.
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Nov 1, 2016

3 Key Safety Focuses to Improve Your School Bus Safety

School safety plans top the “to do” lists of district personnel nationwide. The key to safety success — begins with a few subjects.
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Oct 5, 2016

Newly Developed Anti-Bully App Ushers in National Bullying Prevention Month

School ambassadors prevent bullying using a teen-developed smartphone app, just in time for National Bullying Prevention Month and National School Bus Safety Week’s “Bully Free Zone” celebration.
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Sep 2, 2016

4 Time-Tested Ways to Communicate Bus Route Changes

For families, communicating a stop-time change is just as important as making sure the bus arrives at the stop safely. It’s crucial for the morning routine. We’ve gathered four ways your district can securely communicate route or stop changes to families so they can start the morning off right.
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Jul 13, 2016

You May Not Recognize Today’s Yellow School Bus

So much of what we encounter today is not what it was five or ten years ago. Computers. Cell phones. Grocery shopping. And the yellow school bus is no different. Improvements and innovations to the modern day school bus have upgraded the school bus driving experience.
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Jul 7, 2016

3 Steps to Start-Up Success

Back-to-School season is filled with promise and new challenges for school district administrators. But one of those challenges does not have to be transportation — read on for 3 steps to start-up success.
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Jun 23, 2016

What's Best for Buses?

District Administration June 2016 Issue, article by Ray Bendici, special projects editor.
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What Can First Student Do for You?

Let us show you how contacting with First Student can simplify your life. We offer more than 100 years of transportation expertise. From route optimizations and specialized management team to full turn-key operations, we have the experience for every situation. Our locally-hired teams are professional trained. You focus on driving your students’ imaginations, we’ll focus on driving them safely.

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Get the Latest Updates on LinkedIn

Nov 22, 2016

Understanding the Benefits of GPS on the School Bus

Nov 1, 2016

3 Key Safety Focuses to Improve Your School Bus Safety

Oct 5, 2016

Newly Developed Anti-Bully App Ushers in National Bullying Prevention Month

Sep 2, 2016

4 Time-Tested Ways to Communicate Bus Route Changes

Jul 13, 2016

You May Not Recognize Today’s Yellow School Bus

Jul 7, 2016

3 Steps to Start-Up Success

Jun 23, 2016

What's Best for Buses?

What Can First Student Do for You?

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