Bus Briefs — 7/26/07
District to install infrared surveillance cameras on buses CASTALIA, Ohio — To ensure student safety and discourage disruptive behav...
District to install infrared surveillance cameras on buses
CASTALIA, Ohio — To ensure student safety and discourage disruptive behavior, Margaretta Local Schools' administrators will have infrared surveillance cameras installed in the district's buses next month. Administrators reached the decision after the district's board of education passed a resolution to place kindergarteners through high school seniors on the same bus line. To read the full story, click here.
Animals aid with bus identification
HARRISON, Ark. — In addition to a three-part number, each of a local school district's buses now has a silhouette of an animal painted on its side. The animals correspond to the information represented by the three-part numbers. The purpose is to help younger students identify the bus they are supposed to ride. To read the full story, click here.
Driver won't be charged for fatal bus crash
TORONTO — A driver whose school bus collided with a tractor trailer and then careened off a highway in April, killing one student and injuring 15 others, will not be charged because she was suffering from an undiscovered, malignant brain tumor at the time of the accident. To read the full story, click here.
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