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Superintendent announces stop‑arm cameras on all White Plains school buses
Summary
Superintendent Joe Ricca said stop‑arm cameras will be active on every White Plains City School District bus starting the first day of school to discourage illegal passing, and the district is adding bus passes and upgraded GPS tracking for families.
Superintendent Joe Ricca announced that, beginning on the first day of the 2025–26 school year, Durham School Services will operate stop‑arm cameras on all White Plains City School District buses to deter drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses. "We will have stop arm cameras on all of our school buses in the White Plains City School District," Ricca said, and he framed the cameras as a safety measure supported by the board, the city and the district's transportation provider.
Ricca also described operational changes intended to improve student tracking and parent communication: students will use bus passes and the district is deploying a new GPS/zone system to give parents better estimates of pickup and drop‑off times. He said drivers are already practicing routes and the district will work with Durham School Services to troubleshoot in the first weeks of school.
