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she was continuously teased about her appearance and her braces. In each of these cases, school officials were notified, but the bullying behavior continued.
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WINTER CHECK LIST
1) Make sure all lights, mirrors, gauges, exhaust, and emergency equipment are in good working order.
2) Replace any tires showing signs or wear
3) Check all door weather stripping to ensure exhaust fumes never enter the bus.
4) Check the heater and defroster unit for good operation.
5) Inspect the engine compartment for cracked water hoses, worn belts, leaking water pump, or radiator.
6) Even in the winter months it’s very important to maintain the cooling system.
TECHNOLOGY AND THE SCHOOL BUS BULLY While school buses remain a target-rich environment for opportunistic bullies, school districts are employing several hybrid solutions to prevent bullying and other disruptive behaviors on school buses. Other than employing bus monitors, who mostly
ride routes with special education students, what most have found that works is a combination of three-point, lap-shoulder seat belts and surveillance cameras. Assigned seating also can keep conflicting personalities apart. Buses with the lap-shoulder belts were initially ordered for safety, but a collateral benefit has been that transpor- tation directors have seen bullying and other negative behaviors plummet on buses with them. Robert Downin, transportation director in the Clark
Pleasant School District in Whiteland, Indiana, said re- ported discipline problems fell 85 to 90 percent on buses equipped with the belts. “Tat’s a tremendous drop,” Downin said. “We had assigned seating before the belts and that helped some. But the combination of assigned seating and lap shoulder belts just enhances that theory. We installed lap shoulder belts in buses at another district for safety reasons not thinking of discipline, but after we got them we found that discipline was just as big a benefit as safety.” Downin said the district is installing a better-quality camera on their buses that allows them to see between the seats and block out the faces of other students, so they can show video to parents of their students only. Privacy issues prevented that previously. Another benefit is driver retention. “One of the biggest issues is not driving the bus safely, but to try to keep discipline and drive safely,” he explained. “If we are able to reduce discipline 85 to 90 percent, it’s a much more pleasant ride for the driver because it makes it easier on them.” Downin said the district still has incidences arise on other buses. “Tere is too much movement, bullying, fighting, running up and down the aisles and slapping over the seats,” he said. “Belts limit who they can talk to because there is three in a seat. And with a good seating chart you can elimi- nate a lot of that.” Dallas Pieper, director of enrollment and transportation
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in Illinois’ Freeport School District #145, has lap-shoul- der seat belts and cameras. She said all new buses will have the belts and cameras already installed. “I don’t know if the belts will fix bullying, but they will keep kids in their seats,” she said. “It’s hard to interact
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