R and D Transportation

Now hiring! Bus drivers, paras needed!

Now hiring! Bus drivers, paras needed! Everyone plays a role in helping students succeed, each and every day. You can help! Anoka-Hennepin Schools and its transportation partners are now hiring sc...

Wishing everybody a Happy Holiday Season

R AND D TRANSPORTATION

We are currently at the Anoka County Virtual Job Fair! Come visit and connect with us if you have any questions. It’s easy to set up a profile and sign in!:

https://www.anokacounty.us/3993/Virtual-Hiring-Events

R AND D TRANSPORTATION R and D Transportation Inc

R AND D TRANSPORTATION

Have you seen this around town? In case you didn’t….we are hiring!! Check out are website…contact us with any questions or apply:
www.RandDTransportation.com

R AND D TRANSPORTATION R and D Transportation Inc

Have you seen our R and D Transit vehicles parked around town? We want to let fantastic potential employees know we are hiring! feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions!

www.RandDTransportation.com

We are at the Job Fair today!

Address:
2727 N Ferry St Anoka, MN 55303

From 1:00pm to 4:30pm

Hope to see you there! Or feel free to apply on or website:

www.RandDTransportation.com

R AND D TRANSPORTATION

Get it done on our website!
www.RandDTransportation.com

R AND D TRANSPORTATION R and D Transportation Inc

R AND D TRANSPORTATION

Check it out! Looking for great people!!

R AND D TRANSPORTATION R and D Transportation Inc

NOW HIRING. DRIVERS & PARA’s!
Apply on our website…www.RandDTransportation.com

R and D Transportation updated their information in their About section.

R and D Transportation updated their information in their About section.

Transport School children to and from school. Monday through Friday
20- 40+ hours a week.
You chose AM or PM routes or both.
Check out our webpage www.randdtransportation.com

📣📣$400 Referral Bonus if we hire a School Van Driver you send Our way. 📣📣

We need more drivers, to help us cover ALL the extra routes from the Districts we service. The Districts are sending us more work, due to the AWESOME job the "R and D" Drivers do every day with their students.
Call for details: 763-767-1804
Ext: 3
(Some restrictions apply)

Bernie shows up at R and D

Bernie shows up at R and D. He's waiting for an interview.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Stay safe.

**Support your school bus driver! When we think about this radically different school year, we often think about the administrators, teachers and custodians who have had so much added to their plates to keep the schools up and running. But we forget about one of the most important school employees — bus drivers. They are the first and last welcoming face children see each day. They promise to take care of our children and deliver them safely to their destination, and they do each and every day.

This year, they are doing it all behind a mask. No early morning smiles, just wondering eyes. They pick up students who, though happy to see their friends once again, are also flooded with anxiety and fear. The majority of local school districts have added extra drop-offs to help with social distancing on the bus routes, extending drivers’ work day.**

They have learned an entire new set of rules and procedures to keep kids safe. They have to try to stay on time on a route that changes every day -is it an A day or a B day? They still have discipline issues and have to try to identify kids who are masked. Drivers do this knowing that maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, schools will go to distance learning. And then what?

Next time, how about we give a friendly wave to our local bus drivers instead of grumbling about being stuck behind them in traffic? Let them know you recognize the challenges they face in order for our students to have some kind of normalcy this year.

**excerpts taken from the Houston Chronicle

Drive students to and from School in Minivans
Only 1 or 2 students at a time. All vehicles have plastic barriers. It will be Part Time until things get bsck to normal. Students wear mask. Rick 612-290-5579

Drive students to and from School in Minivans
Only 1 or 2 students at a time. All vehicles have plastic barriers. Students wear mask

Drive safe

Winter Driving Tips | AAA Exchange

Its getting to be that time of year again. Some very important winter driving tips.

Winter Driving Tips | AAA Exchange View these tips from AAA to help motorists driving in adverse weather conditions including winter snow and rain.

Sherri J. Champagne (Cowle)

So sorry to hear.

Sherri J. Champagne (Cowle) Sherri Champagne, age 61 of Coon Rapids, went home to be with the Lord on May 21, 2020 due to COVID-19. Celebration of life being planned for early July.

Our office will be closed until at least April 27.
We will be answering voicemails and emails.
Thank you for your understanding, as we all get through this together.

Merry Christmas to all

Merry Christmas to Everyone
🎄🎅
Mr and Mrs Santa Claus stopped by our Christmas get-together on Friday. Great food was enjoyed by all who stopped in to say Hi

As a school bus driver I would like to explain something.
My job is to transport your child from point A to point B safely. That is all. What do I mean when I say safely? Let me explain. Safely means I pre trip my bus to ensure it is running properly and that it hasn’t been tampered with. Safely means my eyes are constantly scanning all 7 mirrors, blind spots, and the road in front of me. I’m NOT a babysitter. I’m NOT a mediator. Im a BUS DRIVER. I would absolutely love to be able to watch and hear each and every little thing that goes on in the 40 feet of school bus behind me but while I’m watching Johnny jump across the seat I just missed a car pull out in front of me. And oops, while I’m yelling at Susie to keep her hands to herself the light changed and now I’m slamming the breaks to stop in time at the intersection. And what’s that? Now Joey has a nose bleed? And now someone dumped all of Carey’s stuff out of her bookbag, and “bus driver Bobby is flicking me”, and “bus driver Lily said she doesn’t like me anymore”, and what’s that? While im looking in the mirror behind me reprimanding your perfect children a car just ran my reds and Sally almost got ran over! It’s never ending. So please, parents tell me where do you want me to look? Behind me? Or in front of me? Would you prefer I pull over each and everytime someone yells “bus driver”? Because then YOU will complain that the bus is never on time, and trust me if I did pull over everytime we wouldn’t even make it out of the school parking lot before I have to stop. Incase you didn’t know your children are not perfect. Would you rather I continue down the road watching what’s going on BEHIND me more than what’s going on with other vehicles on the road around me? Because I can assure you if I’m not scanning every angle around the bus there WILL be an accident, and then I will again be to blame because I should’ve been paying attention to the road. Now on top of that we see your children for less than 30 minutes per route and we are suppose to just know who gets along and who doesn’t so we can make a seating chart that is compatible with everyone, that also follows all suggestions from the school, and our company, JUST from WATCHING what is going on BEHIND us. So it’s “best” that kindergarten is up front, and that boys and girls don’t sit together, and older kids don’t sit with younger kids and so on ya no so they don’t corrupt one another. So then we think we got the perfect seating chart down, WRONG complaints from parents come rolling in, so we rearrange again and again, and it’s not easy. It’s a 40 foot bus with 60 + kids and only approximately 13 rows of seats no matter where their seat gets moved they’re still not that far from “the problem” and trust me they will just yell louder. So here’s the thing, driving a 40ft + vehicle with 60 + children on it is not easy. And parents you aren’t helping. Take some accountability. Teach your children better. If they have nothing nice to say tell them to keep their darn mouths shut. That’s not my job. It’s yours. If your child needs something to occupy them so they aren’t acting like wild animals (let’s be real if you can’t handle your child I surely can’t do it while I’m buckled in and reprimanding them through a mirror) send them with their phone and headphones, a fidget spinner, a book something so they sit down and mind their manners. I promise the driver will be happy to accept your child’s improved behavior. If your child is being bullied teach them how to handle themselves, how to speak to a bully and tell them to TELL US when they are getting on or off the bus so we can help. More often than not the ones who are truly being bullied haven’t said a word to us! We want to help, truly we do but there is only so much we can do to get these kids to act right before you are also mad at us for “embarrassing them” or “yelling at them” or “humiliating them” we know they are your babies and trust me we want them to act like the perfect little angels you think they are but that’s not always the case. So please don’t be narrow minded, we want your children to be happy and enjoy their bus ride but MOST importantly we want to deliver your precious cargo home to you safely. But we need your help! Those 30 minute routes are a blur sometimes because of how these children act on the bus. And I know I personally don’t want to leave my children motherless or you childless because I’m watching what’s going on behind me instead of on the road. My job is to drive, your job is to teach your child to get in, sit down, keep their hands to themselves, and be respectful and responsible for their own actions.

PS THIS IS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR, BUT IVE BEEN SEEING POSTS AND COMMENTS ALL OVER SINCE SCHOOL STARTED BACK IN AUGUST AND IT NEEDED TO BE SAID. SO IF YOU THINK YOU CAN BABYSIT 60+ KIDS WHILE THEY SIT BEHIND YOU IN A 40FT VEHICLE MOVING 45-50 MPH BETTER THAN ME, MESSAGE ME WERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE DRIVERS, AND IF NOT PLEASE BE QUIET

** THIS PICTURE IS JUST AN EXAMPLE I PULLED FROM THE INTERNET NOT STUDENTS ON MY BUS.

FEEL FREE TO SHARE.

**EDITED TO ADD
-To the parents who are hulking out at the bus stops yelling, screaming, swearing at the drivers please understand you have now added to the problem, you may think you are just protecting your little baby but really you’ve just shown your children, AND the remaining children on the bus that you can speak and act however you want to WITHOUT major consequences because while you’re acting out We are bound to our seats and expected to remain calm, cool, collected and professional, believe me if we weren’t sitting in these seats most of us would match that energy your coming at us with, but that’s unacceptable in those moments so we shut the door and move on. So now not only have you given these kids the mindset of “if she can do it I can do it” you’ve also made 2 children cry so as we pull away from YOUR tantrum we are now trying to think of a solution, console 2 crying children and watch the road in front of us. CONGRATULATIONS You have now put them all at more risk!!! IF YOU WANT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM COMMUNICATE CALMLY AND AFFECTIVELY, REQUEST A MEETING WITH US I PROMISE ITS THE SAFEST OPTION!!!!

Please..Please..
Be aware of our precious children going back to school tomorrow. Remember to stop for buses and crosswalks!

School Van Drivers are needed. Call 763-767-1804 ext#4

All Schools that we service are closed tomorrow Tuesday
1-29-2019 and
Weds 1-30-2019

Awesome party today with a group of great employees

We are excited to share that the 35W Bridge will be lit YELLOW in honor of MN School Bus Driver Appreciation Day!! The bridge will be lit 30 minutes before sunset on 2/26 and 30 minutes after sunrise on 2/27.