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Parents describe swerving bus on first-grade field trip; district vows follow-up and to blacklist driver
Summary
Parents told the Verona board a contracted field-trip bus was swerving on a highway and later hit a pole; the district said it is investigating, will follow up with the bus company and intends to blacklist the driver from future Verona assignments.
Several parents described a troubling incident on a first-grade field trip at the June 12 meeting, saying a contracted bus driver swerved on a highway with students aboard and later struck a telephone pole while escorting children back to school.
Melissa Vecarelli, a parent who spoke to the board, said police pulled the bus over and that the driver was swerving. "I wouldn't say it wasn't a problem... he was swerving on a highway with a bus full of kids," Vecarelli said during public comment. Another parent,…
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