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Mary G. Clarkson program cuts bus discipline by rewarding positive behavior
Summary
Mary G. Clarkson School described a "Battle of the Buses" program that moved from cash 'bus bucks' to a live digital point system. Teachers, drivers and students track behavior; staff reported a decline in bus-discipline reports across three school years.
A Mary G. Clarkson staff member (name not specified) told the Bay Shore Union Free School District board on Oct. 22 that the primary-school initiative "Battle of the Buses" uses positive incentives to reduce unsafe behavior on student bus runs.
The program began after staff identified frequent bus dismissal referrals; the presenter said, "we were averaging about 2 to 3 a week." School staff formed a positive-bus committee to focus on teaching respectful bus riding and to replace purely punitive responses with recognition and rewards.
Jackie Pasquerella, the school’s physical education teacher, described the initial incentive: bus drivers distributed "bus bucks," small cash awards, into color-coded containers for each…
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