{"id":8400,"date":"2018-11-26T10:02:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2018-11-30T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T14:48:50","slug":"black-ribbons-on-school-buses-promote-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/black-ribbons-on-school-buses-promote-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Black ribbons on school buses promote safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a simple message: \u201cRed Flashing, No Passing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Virginia Beach City Public Schools\u2019 (VBCPS) bus drivers are joining their counterparts across the Commonwealth and throughout the country by inscribing that message on black ribbons and placing them on their bus grills. The goal: to bring attention to incidents<\/a> of children being hurt by motorists passing school buses that are loading or unloading children.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you see a school bus stopped, please stop,\u201d said school bus driver Tammy DeLoach. \u201cIf you see red lights, it means that children are around and we don\u2019t want anyone to get hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeLoach spearheaded the effort together with other drivers after seeing campaigns in other cities. When she approached VBCPS for permission, the division\u2019s Office of Transportation and the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) fully supported the idea.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBus drivers are amongst the most caring, dedicated professionals that you will ever meet,\u201d said Executive Director of VBCPS Transportation David Pace. \u201cThis is a national problem and they are genuinely concerned about children\u2019s safety. This is a great opportunity for them to make a point that motorists need to be careful around a school bus. These are our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

DeLoach said that thus far they have distributed 200-300 ribbons, which they were originally inscribing by hand. Now, however, they have the assistance of a bus driver\u2019s daughter who is adding the messaging onto the ribbons with vinyl lettering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ribbons cost $3 but the drivers are contributing extra, and we are donating it toward our school bus scholarship fund,\u201d DeLoach added. She said that the extra money will be donated to the bus drivers association\u2019s scholarship fund which every year awards scholarships to graduating seniors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about kids,\u201d Pace said. \u201cIf you drive a yellow bus, you know this is a problem. When the bus stops and those red lights are flashing, please stop for the children. When the stop arm goes in and the red lights go off, then they can pass.\u201d<\/p>\n

To find out more about school bus safety, read the VDOE\u2019s \u201cSchool Bus Safety and Me\u201d brochure<\/a> or visit vbschools.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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