School Transportation News
Wisconsin OK’s school bus barriers to separate students from drivers
Launch-era reporting on Wisconsin’s conditional approval of school bus barriers and the Original Soft Shield.
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The coverage behind the original school-bus shield.
A record of the public-health problem that launched Original Soft Shield, the transportation industry response, and the product materials that introduced it to schools.
Press coverage
Documenting the need for bus separation.
The archive remains on the redesigned site so customers can see where the product came from—even as today’s primary use has expanded.
School Transportation News · July 2020
COVID-19 Takes Industry to Cleaners
The archived issue page displayed Original Soft Shield, and the accompanying article discussed the product as one of the school bus industry’s early soft-separation options.
Read the original article View the July 2020 issueLaunch materials
Original product literature.
The story continues
See how the original product fits today’s route.
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