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Lang, John, III; Wheatley, Winship – School Business Affairs, 2011
Telematics describes the integration of vehicle-based hardware (for example, a Global Positioning System and a cellular communication unit) to transmit real-time data to a remote location for instant collection, processing, and subsequent transmission of actionable information to decision makers. While personal GPS is a great tool, it provides the…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Bus Transportation, School Buses, Administration
Ash, Katie – Education Week, 2008
This article reports that with fuel prices soaring nationwide, reaching more than $4 for each gallon of gas or diesel, school districts are struggling to supplement transportation-budget shortfalls and find ways to offset the increasing costs as a new school year approaches. Now districts--most of whose buses run on diesel fuel--are scrambling to…
Descriptors: Fuels, Costs, Bus Transportation, School Buses
O'Hanlon, Charlene – Campus Technology, 2007
Ask any college student attending a university in the Northeast or Midwest, and one will discover that in the world of frigid-winter academia, there is nothing worse than just missing the campus shuttle bus in 12-degree weather. Today, however, students at a handful of colleges can stay warm and cozy inside their dorm rooms while they track the…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Campuses, Computers
Litman, Robert – Civil Rights Digest, 1973
The first of the two parts of this article analyzes the overall situation preceding the desegregation on January 23, 1973 of the school system of Prince Georges County, Maryland; the second part is an interview with Mrs. Greta Henry, the principal in a black school. (JM)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods, Integration Readiness
Lenane, Judith D. – School Business Affairs, 1987
To protect special education students fully, bus drivers must be trained to respond to emergencies in an organized fashion. This article describes special equipment and procedures used in Baltimore County buses for the handicapped, along with yearly evacuation drills to hone drivers' skills. Speed was not a factor in these exercises. (MLH)
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Elementary Secondary Education, Emergency Programs, Exceptional Persons
Maryland State Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. – 1991
This guide is intended to provide local school district supervisors of transportation in Maryland with a ready reference on the transportation of children with special health care needs. An introduction offers decision guidelines and legal definitions under Maryland regulations. Basic information on the following conditions are then summarized:…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Bus Transportation, Definitions
Southern Education Reporting Service, Nashville, TN. – 1968
In this issue two of the articles are devoted to criticisms of compensatory education as an educational approach. Doxey A. Wilkerson feels that "make up" efforts "do not serve to realize that academic potential" of poverty children. Roger A. Freeman states that the recent enormous economic investment in educational improvement…
Descriptors: Black Students, Bus Transportation, College Preparation, Compensatory Education
Hope, John, III, Ed. – 1976
The history of school desegregation in Prince George's County from 1953-1973 is documented in this report, presenting a detailed chronology and analysis of the forces and figures that affect realization of children's constitutional rights. Chapters include: an overview of Prince George's County, a racial profile of the schools 1953-64, HEW's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation