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Understanding Middle Schoolers

Understanding the Middle Schooler How To Maintain Order on Unruly Middle-School RoutesExperts recommend focusing attention on good behavior rather than bad, creating a positive, highly structured environment on the school bus, forming alliances with parents and administrators and getting inside the heads of these misunderstood youngsters. By Joey Campbell, Assistant Editor A transportation director once…

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carpenter-buses

Carpenter Buses

Carpenter Body Foundation Carpenter was founded in Mitchell, Indiana in 1919 by Ralph H. Carpenter, a blacksmith by trade. He began his career building hauling wagons for two cement factories located near his southern Indiana hometown of Bloomington. As his business grew, he began to expand into building horse-drawn “kid hacks” with wooden benches to…

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Superior Coach

  Superior Coach   Garford Motor Truck Company In 1909, the Garford Motor Truck Company was established in Elyria, Ohio, a small town 30 miles outside Cleveland. By June 1912, the company was awarded a lucrative contract with the United States Post Office. The first order called for 11 trucks; the following for 20 trucks,…

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running-the-reds

Running The Reds

Thinking About Running The Buses Red Lights? I would like to have a look at the school bus drivers worst enemy…The red light runner. No, I dont mean traffic lights…I am referring to the people who are off in fantasyland someplace and not paying attention and drive right by the bus when it’s stopped. It…

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Thomas Built Buses

  Thomas Built Buses   The Beginning The national trend in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s was toward use of personal automobiles rather than riding public transportation. As streetcar ridership decreased, less costly buses were often used in substitution by the companies operating the service. Orders for new streetcars and renovations began…

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It’s the News!

  The Monthly News     This section of the site is basically to deal with school bus news… If I find interesting items, they will be placed here, with links to additional information included. This page will be purged every month, so copy anything that interests you. Lets go!   8/2009   Rock Hill…

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crown-coach

Crown Coach

  Crown Coach   Crown Coach Corporation was founded by Don M. Brockway in 1904 as the “Crown Carriage Company” in Los Angeles, California, eventually moving factory operations to Chino, California in San Bernardino County. Both factories have since been razed. The property in Los Angeles is now a manufacturing center but was once slated…

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