First Student Inc

Petermann Limited is one of the United States oldest providers of passenger transportation services. Cincinnati-based Petermann is also one of Ohio s largest family-owned providers of student and adult transportation services. Petermann services include daily school bus transportation, special needs student and adult transportation, daily protective and at-risk preschool transportation, daily community placement and enclave transportation for adult, vocational transportation, medical transportation and charter trips. Many of Petermann s services are provided on an outsourcing or long-term contractual basis. Petermann s charter services include subscription services for elder care excursions. Petermann offers both full-service contracting and fleet management services. All of the company s vehicles include seat belts for every adult passenger, anti-lock brakes, six emergency exists, interior cooling options and two-way communication.

Founded over 85 years ago, Petermann Ltd. is a provider of transportation services for preschool children, adults and senior citizens. Based in Monroe, Ohio, the company offers daily school bus transportation, special needs students and adult transportation, partial hospitalization and in-patient programs for heavily involved juveniles and charter trips. It also provides transportation services for field trips, extracurricular activities, camps, summer school and athletic teams. Petermann Ltd. has expertise in providing medical transportation for the medically fragile and aged as well as outsourced-school bus and vocational transportation.

First Student maintains the responsibility for safely transporting more than 3.3 million students to and from school daily. The company focuses on the safety and security of the passengers it carries. With a nationwide fleet of more than 49,000 school buses and drivers, First Student leverages significant economies of scale, global resources, capital investment and systems expertise to provide cost-effective outsourced solutions for school districts and other customers. The company s capabilities include full turnkey contracting, special needs transportation, bus leasing and maintenance, management contracting, charter bus rentals, and sports and field trip services. First Student is an operating unit of First Group, a worldwide public transportation company traded on the London Stock Exchange. First Student is headquartered in Cincinnati.