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Wrong-Way Driver Crashes Into Fort Worth ISD School Bus
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Police say a driver traveling the wrong way crashed into a Fort Worth Independent School District school bus Friday morning. The crashed occurred on eastbound Highway 121...
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Frisco ISD In Urgent Need Of Bus Drivers
Frisco ISD school bus (Gabriel Roxas – CBS11) FRISCO (CBS11) – It’s one of the most desirable school districts in North Texas, but now Frisco ISD is on the verge of having more students than it can get...
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School District Launches High-Tech Way To Track Students
MIDLOTHIAN (CBS11) – Midlothian ISD launched a high-tech way for parents and the district to keep track of their kids. The new system is called “Smart Tag,” and it’s already been installed in school...
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Two North Texas Boys Got To Ride To School In Style
ARLINGTON (KRLD) – For Barbara Vo’a it seemed like if it could go wrong it did. “The bus came a little earlier than scheduled. We went out to catch it and realized after 20 minutes that we probably...
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Parents Upset After Photo Shows Students Sitting In School Bus Aisle
WAXAHACHIE (CBSDFW.COM) – A photo of kids sitting in the aisle of a moving school bus has many parents in Waxahachie concerned and upset. A dad released the photo after his daughter told him kids were...
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Driver Of Rented Truck Hits People On NYC Bike Path, Multiple Deaths
NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people around 3:05 ET Tuesday, then emerged from the vehicle screaming and...
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Voters Agree To Oust Dallas County Schools Bus Service
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The voters have spoken and the troubled agency responsible for getting tens of thousands of students to and from school in Dallas County will be abolished. On Tuesday voters cast...
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New Leaders Take Control At Dallas County Schools, Tackle Old Problems
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Bennie Washington is among the dozens of Dallas County Schools drivers who have questions about their futures. “A lot of us want to know what’s going on.” They attended the first...
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Dallas ISD Leaders Work On New Plan For School Bus Service
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There is a daunting task ahead for the Dallas Independent School District (DISD) as leaders work to come up with a plan to get tens of thousands of students to school everyday....
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Dallas School Bus Driver & Student Taken To Hospital After Crash
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A child was taken to the hospital Friday morning after a crash involving a school bus and two other vehicles. The incident happened at around 7:30 a.m. near the intersection of...
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Safety Concerns Return To School Bus Stop Along Harry Hines Boulevard
UPDATE 5:55PM Thursday, January 18: Dallas County schools says its bus will no longer be dropping off students on this busy stretch of Harry Hines Boulevard. A spokesperson said the bus was supposed...
View ArticleSchool Bus Full Of Students Slides Down Icy Street
SUTTON, Mass. (AP) — Officials in a Massachusetts town say no one was hurt when a school bus full of middle and high school students slid backward down an icy road and crashed into a stopped car. A...
View ArticleSchool Bus And Big Rig Collide On Texas Highway
COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – Chopper 11 is over the scene of a crash between a Bland ISD school bus and an 18 wheeler on HWY 80 near the Collin County line. Triage was set up there and several...
View ArticleDISD Looking For Bus Drivers As District Takes Over Transportation
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today the Dallas Independent School District is holding a hiring fair looking only for bus drivers, as the district takes over its own student transportation. With only six weeks...
View ArticleCedar Hill ISD Taking New Route After DCS Shutdown
CEDAR HILL (CBSDFW.COM) – Headed in a different direction. As the new school year gets underway in Cedar Hill, district leaders are also trying out a new company to get students to and from school....
View ArticleSchool Bus Drivers Making “Dry Runs” Before Students Head Back To Class
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s the last weekend of summer for thousands of North Texas kids. Some of the biggest school districts in the metroplex are going back to school on Monday — including...
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First School Bell Of The Year Rings For Dallas ISD Students
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Thousands of students in the Dallas Independent School District headed back to class today — some in new modes of transportation and some to schools with new distinctions....
View ArticleDallas ISD Dealing With Bus Driver Shortage
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Three days into the new school year, the Dallas Independent School District is short as many as 100 bus drivers to take students to and from school. The district was asking...
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Student Killed After Mesquite School Bus Crashes, Catches Fire
MESQUITE (CBSDFW.COM) – One student died Wednesday afternoon when a Mesquite ISD school bus crashed and caught fire after the bus struck a power line. Three other students were injured. It happened...
View ArticleVideo Shows School Bus Swept Away By Floodwaters
LEANDER, Texas (AP) — Dash cam video shows what happened when a school bus driver ignored a barricade and drove into a flooded road in Texas. It occurred October 16 as heavy rain caused flooding around...
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Indiana Girl, Twin Brothers Killed While Crossing Street To School Bus
ROCHESTER, Ind. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It was a tragedy that brought even first responders to tears. A 9-year-old girl and her twin 6-year-old brothers were struck and killed by a pickup truck as they...
View Article6-Year-Old Struck By Vehicle While Crossing Street To Board School Bus In...
BENBROOK, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A six-year-old boy in Benbrook was injured Friday morning after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the street to board a school bus. Police responded to the...
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Mechanical Issue Caused Last Month’s Fire On North Texas School Bus
COPPELL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A mechanical issue sparked a fire on a Durham School Services school bus two weeks ago, the Coppell ISD Superintendent told parents and the community in a letter. “The...
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Child On Wrong Bus Incident Leads To Plan For Automated Tracking If Frisco...
FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Frisco ISD leaders say an incident involving a missing student led to a proposal they are asking voters to approve on Tuesday. Part of a $691 million bond package would...
View ArticleMan In Oklahoma Accused Of Taking School Bus On Joyride
TULSA, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Police in Tulsa have arrested a man who they say stole an empty school bus and took it for a joyride. Police say the Tulsa Public Schools bus was stolen Monday morning...
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Despite History Of Collisions, Many Texas Train Crossings Don’t Have Gates
ATHENS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – In January, Christopher Bonilla, 13, was one stop away from home in Athens when he was killed as a train collided with his school bus. The crossing near Cream Level Road...
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Houston Area School Bus Driver Arrested For DWI With Students On Board
SPRING, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A Houston area school bus driver was arrested Thursday for driving while intoxicated while she had students on board, authorities said. The Harris County Precinct 4...
View ArticleFormer Dallas County School Superintendent Rick Sorrells Sentenced To 7 Years
DALLAS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Federal Judge Barbara Lynn has sentenced former Dallas County School Superintendent Rick Sorrells to seven years in federal prison for bribery and kickback in a corruption...
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It’s Back To School Monday For Several North Texas School Districts
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The summer break is over for kids and teachers in some North Texas school districts. Monday is the first day of school for students in Plano, Kennedale and Garland ISDs. As...
View ArticleLoaded School Bus Crashes Into Tree In Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas (CBDFW.COM) – A school bus loaded with children clipped a tree in Fort Worth, causing significant damage. None of the children or the driver was hurt. It happened in the 6900 block of...
View ArticleWater Main Break Leaves Many Without Water & All Kaufman ISD Classes Canceled
KAUFMAN (CBSDFW.COM) – A water main break in Kaufman has some waking up to no water and classes across the entire school district canceled Wednesday. Officials haven’t said if the freezing temperatures...
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Rockwall ISD School Bus Driver Arrested For Invasive Visual Recording Of...
ROCKWALL, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Rockwall Police Department was notified by officials with the Rockwall Independent School District of a complaint of a school bus driver who had allegedly taken...
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VIDEO: 5-Year-Old Girl Attacked On Dallas School Bus; DISD Reassigns Driver
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Dallas ISD parent wants action after seeing video of her 5-year-old daughter being attacked on a school bus. Audrey Billings said the video clearly shows two children assaulting...
View ArticlePolice: Texas 10-Year-Old Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Another Child On...
EARLY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — A 10-year-old student from Early, Texas was arrested for sexually assaulting another child on a school bus last month, police said. On Feb. 6, police received a report from...
View ArticleBridging The Gap: Old School Bus Turned Mobile Learning Lab Rolls Out In Dallas
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – An old school bus turned into a mobile learning lab and hotspot is bridging the gap for communities needing better access to Wi-Fi and educational resources such as on-board...
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Coronavirus Means Many Student School Bus Riders Could Be Left With No Seat
HARRIS COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) – As arguments rage about whether it is safe to have children back in classrooms amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, there is another major hurdle — how to get them to...
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Community In Mourning After Texas 6-Year-Old Hit, Killed By School Bus
CONROE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 6-year-old girl in Texas was hit and killed by a school bus as she tried to catch it Tuesday morning, leaving a community in mourning. The incident happened at the girl’s...
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Woman Killed In Crash Involving Car And School Bus In North Fort Worth
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A woman was killed in a crash involving a car she was in and a school bus in far North Fort Worth on Tuesday, Jan. 26. Deadly crash involving car and school bus in North Fort...
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‘We Expect It To Be Significantly Cheaper’: Denton Couple Downsizing From...
DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Jessica Bishop and Edgar Coronado are taking downsizing to a new level. They’re trading in their 1,100-square-foot home for life in a 300-square-foot school bus. Tiny house...
View ArticleBus Driver Shortage Has North Texas Students On Long Commutes, Late For School
NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A shortage of school bus drivers across North Texas has students showing up late to class, spending hours commuting every day, or scrambling to find a ride home. It’s a...
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