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how transportation can strengthen families and strengthen communities.” He also said his daughter just started
£ Student Council Secretary Hannah Parish, 13, and Principal Daniel Shulter of Dodge Magnet Middle School greet Foxx and Duncan after they arrived on campus via the school bus. Foxx and Duncan then spoke before an assembly.
sixth grade and is riding the school bus for the first time. “It’s a good way to start the day and meet friends,” he said, extending a “thank you” to the drivers. But the officials noted that school buses and personnel do much more. “Our studies show school buses are safer than parents driving,” said Foxx, who men- tioned buses’ contribution to removing more than 17 million cars from roads around schools each year. A U.S. Department of Transportation study in 2009 found students riding a school bus made up as little as 1 percent of student fatalities during “normal school travel hours.” Tis is compared to the 23 percent that occur when riding with an adult driver, and a frightening 58 percent with a teen driver. Te role as evacuation vehicles was also
noted, said NSTA President Tim Flood, in a statement. “Te partnership between the Depart- ments of Education and Transportation,
£ Foxx rode the school bus and later met with representatives of the American School Bus Council to learn more about student transportation operations and hear first-hand of the issues affecting the industry.
with the yellow school bus linking the two, is of vital importance to the school trans- portation industry, and we look forward to continuing this partnership in the days and years to come.” Flood attended the TUSD events along with other ASBC members. ASBC later held a meeting with Foxx to discuss school bus transportation issues so as to better acquaint himself with industry concerns, needs and trends.
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