Healthy School Environment Services Online Resources
2012 National Missing Children's Day Poster Contest
2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data
School Safety Resources:
School Building Resources:
More than 53 million children and about 6 million adults spend a significant portion of their days in more than 120,000 public and private school buildings. Many of these buildings are old and in poor condition, and may contain environmental conditions that inhibit learning and pose increased risks to the health of children and staff. The web site is designed to provide one-stop access to the many programs, assessment tools, and other resources available to help prevent and resolve environmental issues in schools.
PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING FUND
BOARD AGENDA
ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT SURVEYS
NEW SCHOOL SITES
RELOCATABLE CLASSROOMS
QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS
Pupil Transportation Resources:
2009 - 2010 Mississippi Public School Transportation Directory
Blue Bird Corporation:
One of the world's largest manufacturers of school buses.
www.blue-bird.com
BusVision:
Manufactures a system that captures, stores, searches, plays back, and even allows e-mail of bus activity using all-digital components.
www.busvision.com
Child Check-Mate Systems, Inc.:
Manufactures a school bus alarm system that ensures that all children have safely disembarked at the end of each run.
www.childcheckmate.com
National Association for Pupil Transportation:
The mission of NAPT is to be the leading organization influencing transportation initiatives and enhancing the leadership role of its members by influencing local, state, and national initiatives which have an impact on pupil transportation, expanding communication within the pupil transportation industry, providing professional growth opportunities by extending the scope and opportunity for membership services, and by working in collaboration with other organizations.
www.napt.org
National Association of State Director of Pupil Transportation Services:
Contains position papers, focus topics, and reports and publications discussing school bus safety, route hazards, etc.
www.nasdpts.org
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration:
NHTSA's school bus safety program is committed to safely transporting the nearly twenty-four million children to and from school and school-related activities. This program is also designed to ensure that school buses meet NHTSA's high levels of occupant crash protection, and that school bus safety equipment enhances the safety of school bus passengers when getting on or off the bus.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/buses
National Safety Council:
This site has an informative section of school bus safety facts. Can assist districts in implementing safety measures.
www.nsc.org/mem/motor/tranfact.htm
National School Transportation Association:
Founded in 1964 by school bus contractors to "promote and foster the highest degree of safety in the transportation of school children." NSTA works with Federal and state legislatures, Federal agencies, the public sector, and other interested parties to bring about industry-wide improvements in all areas of pupil transportation.
www.schooltrans.com
National Transportation Safety Board:
Keep updated on accident investigations.
www.ntsb.gov
Pupil Transportation Safety Institute:
A marketplace of industry resources, offering books, videos, courses, speakers, and consultation on topics such as management, student training, driver training, and more.
www.ptsi.org
School Bus Information Council:
This site offers basic information about the industry as well as accident, injury, and fatality figures.
www.schoolbusinfo.org
School Bus Fleet Magazine:
Information for the pupil transportation industry including school bus fleet and pupil management, surveys, and introducing statistics, and online discussion forums.
www.schoolbusfleet.com
Schoolbus.org:
An all-purpose site for school transportation professionals and especially in need of industry information.
www.school-bus.org/Home_Links/Gateway.htm
School Transportation News:
A monthly news magazine reporting yellow school bus developments, school bus safety, transporting students with disabilities, and Head Start.
www.stnonline.com
Student Transportation of America:
A national provider of contracted school transportation and management services.
www.ridesta.com
United States Department of Transportation - Document Management System:
The US DOT's DMS contains more than 1.2 million pages of regulatory and adjudicator information.
www.dms.dot.gov
Virtual Driver:
A simulation system and multimedia set that present a low-cost interactive solution to the challenge of teaching responsible driving behavior.
www.virtualdriver.net
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