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Transportation
Duanesburg
bus drivers to participate in Bus Road-eo
Community members encourage to attend
For the first time this year,
Duanesburg Central School District bus drivers will participate in
the New York Association for Pupil Transportation's annual School
Bus Road-eo on Saturday, May 31, at 8 a.m. in Saratoga Springs at
the Maple Avenue Middle School on Route 9.
Anyone interested in attending the
event is welcome to attend. A bus will be leaving from the
district's transportation office at 6:30 a.m. If you would like to
accompany the drivers, please contact Peg Venter to reserve your
seat at 895-2511. Read more...
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DCS to participate
in statewide campaign April 2
Operation Safe Stop promotes school bus safety
 In an effort to promote school bus safety and
educate motorists about the dangers of passing
stopped school buses the Duanesburg Central
School District will participate in Operation
Safe Stop Education and Enforcement Day on
Wednesday, April 2.
Law enforcement officers will be in full force
aboard school buses and in marked and unmarked
vehicles throughout New York State to issue
tickets to drivers who pass stopped school buses
with their red lights flashing.
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Duanesburg celebrates
School Bus Safety Week |
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| The Duanesburg Central School
District is joining legislators across New York State, as well as school bus industry
official nationwide to highlight the importance of school
bus safety awareness and education during School Bus Safety
Week, Oct. 22-26, with the
theme, "Be Aware! Cross with Care."
School Bus Safety Week is
celebrated the third week of October each year to emphasize
the importance and benefits of school bus driver training
and to encourage students across the country to obey school
bus safety rules while waiting at the bus stop and getting
on and off the school bus each day.
Read more...
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Peaceful Bus
Program incorporates SOAR principles, encourages bus safety |
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| Students on
the same bus route learned more about each other
during the first peaceful bus activity of the school
year. |
Kindergarten through fifth
grade students on the same bus route met for the first
peaceful bus activity of the year on Sept. 24.
The 50-minute session is
part of the Peaceful Bus Program initiated by Duanesburg
Elementary School students two years ago to create a more
positive, peaceful bus ride to and from school.
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2007-08
bus information During
the first days of school, buses may be delayed.
We ask parents to be patient. For safety reasons, we must maintain student lists for each
bus, therefore, we ask parents NOT to take their
child/children to meet another bus for the sake
of convenience or time. Students riding a bus
other than their assigned bus must have a
childcare form or bus pass.
Revised bus routes for the 2007-08 school year
have been posted.
Most
students affected by these changes have already been contacted by the
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A reminder to parents and child-care providers of kindergarten
students
Drivers must
see or be assured that an adult is present when a Kindergarten
student is dropped off. We
request that an adult/older student acknowledge the bus by
standing in a doorway or waving from a window. If
your home is not visible from the road, please make provisions
for the student by communicating with the driver or the bus
garage.
If the driver does not see an adult, the
student will return to the Elementary School.
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Learning about school bus drivers
Did you know that your school bus drivers
are family, friends or neighbors in your community? They are not
strangers driving our children to school, but people that live
right next to you. I say our children because once they get on
the school bus; the bus driver is responsible for their safety -
to and from school.
Do you know the requirements to become a
school bus driver in New York State? There is a lot more to it than
just applying for the job. Drivers must have a Commercial Drivers
License
(CDL), class B, with a passenger (PS) endorsement. How does a driver
get this special job and license? It just might surprise you.
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If you have any questions, contact
Transportation Supervisor Harry Folckemer at
518-895-2511. |
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Safety Reminder:
It is illegal to
pass a school bus displaying its flashing
red lightsboth on and off school property.
The lights are displayed for student safety
to indicate when students are boarding or
exiting a bus. This law is strictly enforced
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Audrey Hendricks,
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guidelines of Duanesburg Central Schools, 133 School Drive,
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