Sheri Hamilton, a driver-trainer for Cache County and Logan City School Districts in Utah, has students on both sides of the bus waiting to board. She is signaling to students on the left side of the street to wait as she signals to the students on the right side that it’s safe to load. She will then signal for the students on the left when it is safe to cross the street and board the bus.


tive Davida Russell from South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School District presented findings of a driver survey she conducted. Russell interviewed 1,163 school bus drivers and aides across the state through zoom and in-person meetings and summarized 27 recommendations in five categories that she presented to the group. One is en- hanced training programs for both new and experienced bus drivers.


Denny Coughlin, president of the School Bus Train-


ing Company, LLC, stressed the importance of training school bus drivers, especially in reference to loading and unloading practices. In addition to the legal aspects of approaching a school bus stop, like when to activate eight-way lights (procedures that can differ by state), he said students and parents need to be trained on what to do at bus stops. The students should be lining up about


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