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FBISD Hires New Transportation Director
The Fort Bend Independent School District has hired a replacement for transportation director Richard Torres, who resigned amid controversy in June of last year.
Transportation department employee James Hoss has been serving as interim director since Torres resigned.
The post has been filled by David Davis, former director of YRC Worldwide, who has worked for more than [...]
Driver Assaulted In ‘Bus Barn Bully’ Case Terminated By FBISD
Monday, December 28, 2009
Jack Richardson, the FBISD bus driver who was physically assaulted by the transportation supervisor dubbed the “Bus Barn Bully” has been fired from the school district.
Richardson told Fort Bend Now that just before the school district went on holiday break, he was summoned in and told he was being terminated.
The district has been closed for [...]
Embattled Fort Bend ISD Transportation Director Suddenly Resigns
Friday, June 26, 2009
Richard Torres, Fort Bend Independent School District’s embattled transportation director, has resigned from his post.
A district spokeswoman said Torres has been replaced by transportation department employee James Hoss, who will serve on an interim basis until a permanent replacement is found.
She said Torres left “to pursue other opportunities.” He could not be reached for [...]
FBISD Transportation Employees Being Paid To Make Campaign Buttons, Drivers Say
Friday, June 12, 2009
School bus drivers were upset Wednesday to see a transportation supervisor’s employees making campaign buttons – during work hours at a Fort Bend Independent School District bus garage – for their boss’s upcoming race for secretary of the Texas Association for Pupil Transportation.
Late Wednesday morning, the drivers said, they saw employees of Road and Safety [...]
Another High-Ranking Administrator Leaves FBISD
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Update: Tom Carter has left Fort Bend Independent School District, FortBendNow has learned – the second member of the district’s senior leadership team to leave in the past 10 weeks.
Carter, the district’s chief auxiliary services officer, couldn’t be reached for comment. However, his former secretary said he no longer works for the district. FBISD spokeswoman [...]
FBISD School Board President Issues Statement On Bus Driver Case
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Late yesterday, Fort Bend ISD School Board President Sonal Bhuchar responded to a request for comment from FortBendNow on the controversy over bus driver Jack Richardson’s claims of retaliation by FBISD Transportation Director Richard Torres.
In an e-mailed statement received at 5:25 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, Bhuchar said trustees cannot comment on the case since the school [...]
FBISD Bus Driver Suspended Again, Richardson Claims Continued Retaliation
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Just days seeing his Level III grievance against Fort Bend ISD Transportation Supervisor Richard Torres denied, bus driver Jack Richardson has again been handed a three-day suspension for alleged violations of safety standards.
Richardson, the bus driver assaulted by former transportation supervisor Dann Long last year, was given his second three-day suspension since pressing charges against [...]
FBISD ‘Bus Barn Bully’ Gone, Retaliation Remains, Bus Driver Says
Thursday, April 16, 2009
In spite of the fact that former FBISD transportation supervisor Dann Long, dubbed the “bus barn bully” after assaulting a bus driver, is gone, that driver is saying Transportation Director Richard Torres and other district officials continue to retaliate against him.
Bus Driver Jack Richardson said since he filed the criminal assault complaint, Long and other [...]
FBISD Transportation Employees Say They Fear ‘Bus Barn Bully’
Monday, February 16, 2009
Even as it continues to deal with allegations of maintenance work being done on privately-owned vehicles, the beleaguered Fort Bend ISD Transportation Department has now been hit with accusations it is protecting the job of a supervisor with a hot temper that has employees living in fear of their personal safety
Several sources have come forward [...]
FBISD Memo Warns Staffers About Work On Private Vehicles
Friday, February 6, 2009
Despite the fact that Fort Bend ISD officials continue to insist no repair work was being done on private vehicle at district maintenance facilities, more employees are coming forward to counter those claims.
To back up their position, those same employees have provided FortBendNow with what they called a “secret” memo they say backs up their [...]
Belt-tightening Shaves $8.1M Off Fort Bend ISD’s $9.9M Deficit, District Officials Tell Trustees
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Fort Bend Independent School District administrators say that as of December, they’ve shaved more than $8 million off of the district’s $9.9 million budget deficit.
Due to a reporting error, the original version of this story incorrectly stated that the district had lowered the budget by about $2 million instead of $8.1 million, which is the [...]
Thomas Bus Recall Impacts Several Area School Districts
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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Thomas Built Buses, a major manufacturer of school buses, has issued a recall order for five models produced between October of 2000 and January of 2006, and a number of Fort Bend area school districts have been impacted.
The recall order, issued March 28, spurred letters from Thomas Built to all customers that purchased the buses [...]
FBISD Clarifies Outsourcing Of School Bus Repairs
Monday, April 28, 2008
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Fort Bend ISD transportation officials have issued a statement clarifying earlier claims that only buses needing transmission repairs were sent to a private shop in Channelview.
In an e-mail message forwarded to Fort Bend Now, Transportation Director Richard Torres conceded that buses were also sent to Lassetter-LaFour for such issues as engines leaking oil, air conditioning [...]
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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