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Celebrate School Bus Safety Week October 19-23
Bandera, Texas
● October 19, 2009
Bandera ISD
has announced its support of School Bus Safety Week to
help highlight the importance of school bus safety
awareness and education. This year’s theme, Avoid
Harm, Obey the Stop Arm,
emphasizes the importance for drivers to follow the
rules of the road and stop when the red lights flash and
the stop sign deploys and children are getting on and
off the bus. The stop arm requires drivers in all states
to stop.
According to the National Academy of
Sciences and U.S. Department of Transportation, buses
are the safest mode of transportation to and from school
for students. More than 26 million children ride school
buses everyday in the United States. At Bandera ISD, 32
regular bus routes travel almost 1,300 miles every day
transporting over 1,400 students.
Celebrated the third full week of October
each year, School Bus Safety Week promotes awareness on
the local and state level through poster and speech
contests, distribution of school bus safety community
awareness toolkits, and other activities to raise
awareness of school bus safety issues. “Our job
is to ensure that all our students get to school safe
and sound every day” explained Bandera ISD
Transportation Director Kay Miller. “That is why we
think it is so important to celebrate School Bus Safety
Week.”
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