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District transportation staff detail bus‑safety training and unveil low‑cost stop‑arm extension prototype
Summary
Transportation staff presented training and safety procedures to reduce illegal vehicle passes of stopped school buses, described a serious prior crash, and showed a locally fabricated illuminated stop‑arm extension (≈$100 to produce) built with high‑school welding support to increase visibility.
District transportation leaders told the school board that loading and unloading students is the most dangerous part of their work and described steps to reduce risk, including driver training, student drills and equipment pilots.
Kisha Cullum, a driver trainer, described standard defensive measures and their limits: "The only defense that we have is our ambers to slow," she said, adding that drivers regularly have their red lights run and that sampling in the district had shown several buses had…
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