From staff reports
On Wednesday, Oct. 18, the 27th annual Operation Safe Stop will be conducted in communities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of National School Bus Safety Week, which runs Oct. 16-20.
Operation Safe Stop is a public awareness and enforcement effort to educate the motoring public that passing a stopped school bus, when children are loading or unloading, is both dangerous and illegal. Each year, through Operation Safe Stop, law enforcement agencies, school transportation providers, pupil transportation associations and PennDOT have combined their efforts to raise public awareness about the potential consequences and reduce the occurrence of illegal school bus passes.
Activities associated with the National School Bus Safety Week are Bus Evacuation Drills which were done in September, and will be done again in the spring. These drills were conducted with the help and support of Joseph Muccio Transportation LLC. The District is promoting Bus Safety Awareness with assemblies and individual classroom projects. In addition, the Pennsylvania State Police in Marienville will be monitoring bus routes and checking for motorists in violation of the safety laws.