June 2009 Entries

• Growing up yellow

  I wonder whether my boys will get to a point in their youth when they begin to think the school bus is not cool. Will I need to lecture them on how safe it is, how convenient it is, how it reduces traffic and our own gas consumption? And will they care about any of that? ...

  posted @ Monday, June 29, 2009 5:52 PM | Comment (6)
• Do you tweet?

  Many public organizations are jumping on the Twitter bandwagon to publish important information . . .

  posted @ Monday, June 22, 2009 10:18 AM | Comment (1)
• School bus delivers WWII education

  
  
  Here’s yet another fascinating second life for a school bus: a traveling World War II museum. The 40-foot “BUS-eum,” as it’s called, has been roaming across the Midwest to inform folks about the experiences of prisoners of war in Nazi Germany. ...

  posted @ Monday, June 15, 2009 12:18 PM | Comment (1)
• Taking Time to Help Students in Need

  I recently read an article online about an elementary school counselor and a team of volunteers in Minden, Nev., who fill backpacks with nonperishable food for students in need every Friday afternoon during the school year. Bus drivers...

  posted @ Monday, June 08, 2009 9:45 AM | Comment (2)