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School Transportation
Valley Stream, NY
Schools
School Bus Company Used Forged Insurance To Operate In Valley Stream, DA Says
A school bus company and its owners are accused of filing forged insurance paperwork to operate on Long Island. Cheese Bus, Inc., along with co-owners Malik Turnage Sr., 52, and Malik Turnage Jr., 27, were arraigned in Nassau County Court Tuesday, Oct. 21, on felony charges of offering a false instrument and misdemeanor insurance fraud. The company is accused of submitting forged liability insurance certificates to the Valley Stream Central High School District between 2019 and 2024, according to prosecutors. The district requested updated insurance certificates in October 2023. Turnage Jr…
Pleasantville-Absecon, NJ
Schools
Pleasantville Parents Erupt Over Proposed 15-Minute School Start Time Change
A proposal to push back start times across one New Jersey school district sparked heated debate at a school board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Pleasantville Schools Superintendent Marilyn Martinez said during the meeting the plan would move Pleasantville High School’s start time from 7:45 a.m. to 8 a.m., the middle school from 8:05 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and the elementary schools from 8:50 a.m. to 9 a.m. High school dismissal would be at 2:50 p.m., middle school at 3:20 p.m., and elementary at 3:10 p.m. Martinez said the later start would “support our high school students in perhaps attending …
Montville, NJ
Police & Fire
Special Needs Child Left On Bus For Hours, Driver Charged: Morris County Prosecutor
A 61-year-old bus driver was arrested and charged after a 4-year-old with special needs was left on a school bus for more than two hours in Morris County, authorities announced Monday, July 28. The child's absence on Thursday, July 10, was first observed by staff at Valley View Elementary School in Towaco, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Montville Police Chief Andrew Caggiano said. The parents told school officials their child boarded the bus and the child was eventually located on a school bus parked in a bus yard, authorities said.…
Lower Paxton, PA
Schools
Lower Paxton School Bus Driver High On Multiple Drugs Gets Prison Time
A Dauphin County woman who drove a school van full of special-needs students while high on prescription drugs has been sentenced to jail and probation, Lancaster County officials said. Heather Elaine Shumberger, 41, of Lower Paxton Township, pleaded guilty to DUI, endangering the welfare of children, and recklessly endangering another person, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office in a release issued Tuesday, May 13. Lancaster County Judge Jeffrey Conrad originally stated she would serve up to seven years and nine months behind bars. However, court documents were corre…
Randolph, NJ
Police & Fire
4-Year-Old Among Four Dead In Randolph Route 10 Crash Involving School Minivan: Prosecutor
Four people were killed in a four-vehicle crash on Route 10 in Morris County on the afternoon of Thursday, April 10, authorities said. At 3:20 p.m., the crash occurred on Route 10 near Millbrook Avenue in Randolph, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris County Sheriff James Gannon, and Randolph Police Chief Will Harzula said. A school minivan, occupied by students and employees, was involved in the crash, authorities said. The three people initially killed were Bertha Castaneda, a 67-year-old Dover resident, Diane Goetz, a 71-year-old …
Gettysburg, PA
Police & Fire
PA School Van Driver Accused Of Molesting Students: State Police
A Pennsylvania school van driver is accused of preying on two young boys in his care, leading to his arrest, troopers announced on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Arthur Harner, 78, of Selinsgrove, was taken into custody after Pennsylvania State Police in Selinsgrove received two Childline reports on Thursday, Jan. 23, exposing allegations of sexual abuse against a 10-year-old Winfield boy and a 6-year-old Selinsgrove boy. The alleged assaults happened inside a school van between Aug. 28, 2024, and Jan. 22, 2025, in Penn Township, Snyder County, police said. Harner is charged with institutio…
Maple Shade, NJ
Schools
District IDs Maple Shade Bus Driver, Army Vet Killed By Bus
The Maple Shade school district is mourning the loss of Jack Hohwald, an 85-year-old bus driver who was killed when he was struck by another bus on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The fatal crash happened at Maple Shade High School when Hohwald stepped outside of his vehicle and was struck by another school bus, sustaining fatal injuries, according to Maple Shade police. The driver of the striking bus, also a district employee, remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. No charges have been filed at this time, authorities said. "Jack Hohwald was more than just a school bus driver he was a …
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
School Van Crashes On Route 17, Teen Student Among 3 Injured
Three people, including a 16-year-old student, were injured in a collision involving a school transportation van on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, on Route 17 southbound near Route 4 westbound in Paramus, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving said. Photo(s) of the day, 01/07/2025: Three (3) individuals, including a 16-year old student, were injured in a Tuesday... Posted by Boyd A. Loving on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 The crash occurred around the morning commute and involved a Honda Odyssey van, which sustained significant damage, Loving said. All three occupants of the van suffered non-li…
Hyde Park, NY
Schools
Meeting Explains New Electric School Buses Coming To Hyde Park School District
Residents will have a chance to ask questions during an upcoming meeting when they will be asked to approve spending $2.27 million on electric school buses in a school district in the region. The meeting is in Dutchess County from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School at 156 S Cross Road in Staatsburg. Hyde Park Central School District officials said attendees will learn everything about implementing electric buses during the panel discussion. Representatives from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and Leonard Bus Sales …
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
Barricaded Man Discharging Firearms Taken Into Custody At Evesham Home (
Updated
)
A man barricaded with firearms and discharging the weapons brought a heavy police presence to a home in Evesham Monday morning, June 17. He was taken into custody by 9 a.m., Evesham police said; Officers were at a home on Brookfield Drive as of 7:30 a.m. and all residents near the home were being sheltered in place. The shelter-in-place had been lifted by 9 a.m. Sections of Kettle Run Road and Hopewell Road were closed to traffic. Police were in contact with the local school districts to alter school bus routes in the area. "Our goal is to resolve this situation safely," Chief Walt Mille…
York, PA
News
13 Vehicles Including School Van Involved In Fatal US Rt 30 Crash: York Officials (
Update
)
A serious crash involving 13 vehicles — including a school van — left one person dead, "numerous people" were injured, and Route 30 in York County was closed in York County for hours on Tuesday morning, authorities explained in an updated release. The crash fatality happened at the scene as Coroner Pam Gay detailed in a release the following day. The"older adult male front seat passenger" who was seatbelted in a 2008 black Toyota Yaris suffered injuries and was pronounced dead at 9:05 a.m. "The driver of the Yaris was transported from the scene to Wellspan York Hospita…
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
11 Students, Two Drivers Hospitalized In Jersey Shore Crash
Thirteen people were injured, including 11 students on their way to school, after a luxury car and a van crashed in Ocean County, authorities said. Manchester Township police responded to the crash at the intersection of county routes 571 and 547 at around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 16, the department said in a news release. Officers found a white 2020 Acura TLX and a black 2023 Ford Transit Passenger Van with damage on the property of nearby Ridgeway Plaza Wines & Liquor. The van was facing west and had extensive front-end damage. The Acura was facing north and had extensive …
Lancaster, PA
Schools
School Van Involved In Lititz Crash, Police Say
A roadway briefly closed following a two-vehicle crash involving a school transportation van, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police announced on Friday afternoon. First responders were called to the crash at the intersection of East Sixth Street and Seigrist Farm Road in Warwick Township, Lititz shortly before 2 p.m. on Feb. 16, as detailed in the NLCRPD release. The crash blocked the intersection and closed the roadway, but was expected to clear within an hour. "One person with [a] minor injury was trapped in the vehicle for a short time," the police said, "the t…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Video: 10K Drivers Illegally Passed Bridgeport School Buses So Far This Year, City Says
A Fairfield County city is fighting back against drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses as the number soared to 10,000 violations so far this year. The City of Bridgeport announced on Thursday, Feb. 15, that nearly 10,000 motorists illegally passed a stopped school bus during the first six months of the school year. The number of violations was captured through the City’s school bus camera safety program, demonstrating the ongoing public safety threat facing students on their journey to and from the classroom, city officials said. From Sunday, Sept.…
Lewisboro, NY
Schools
Katonah-Lewisboro School Bus Driver Wins National Award
A Northern Westchester school bus driver is being nationally recognized for her efforts to make sure that all her young passengers have the best experience possible on their way to class. Katonah-Lewisboro School District bus driver Carol Rivera Gaffey was awarded National Special-Needs School Bus Driver of the Year on Tuesday, Dec. 5 by AMF-Bruns of America, which manufactures special needs products, district officials announced. Gaffey was nominated for the award by her supervisor, Nora Beltran, who did not tell her until she learned she had won. In her no…
Brentwood, NY
News
Bus Driver Accused Of Drinking Alcohol While Driving Students Home From Long Island School
Police are investigating reports that a bus driver was drinking alcohol while driving students home from a Long Island school. The alleged incident happened on a We Transport bus taking students home from Smithtown West High School on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 4, according to Suffolk County Police. A school district employee contacted officers at around 3:15 p.m. after someone snapped a picture showing an open alcoholic beverage on the bus. District Superintendent Mark Secaur later sent a message to parents saying they received a report of a bus driver drinking on the job. “It was confir…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Flooding Impacts Mount Pleasant School District's Buses: All Students Must Be Picked Up
As a result of severe flooding, a Northern Westchester school district's bus fleet will be unable to bring students home, requiring them all to be picked up. According to an announcement by Mount Pleasant Central School District Superintendent Peter Giarrizzo on Friday afternoon, Sept. 29, flooding at the district's bus yard has left all the vehicles unable to leave. Because of this, all Mount Pleasant students will need to be picked up from school, Giarrizzo said. Each school building's principal will be sending out directions for pickup, according to Giarrizzo's anno…
Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Latest Info: 2 Dead, Including Band Director, In High School Bus Crash On I-84 In Hudson Valley
Two adults were killed, including a high school band director, and at least five students suffered critical injuries in a bus rollover crash in the Hudson Valley. New Update: Band Director, Retired Teacher ID'd As Victims In Horrific Hudson Valley Bus Crash The crash happened in Orange County on I-84 near Exit 15 at around 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. "This was a day of terror," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said just hours after the crash in the small town of Wawayanda, located about 45 miles northwest of New York City. Band, cheerleading, and dance students from Farmingdale H…
Kingston, NY
Police & Fire
School Bus Driver Charged: Accused Of Slamming On Brakes, Injuring Kids In Hudson Valley
A Hudson Valley school bus driver has been charged with allegedly endangering the welfare of children after he intentionally slammed the brakes sending students flying. The incident took place in Ulster County around 8 a.m. Thursday, April 13, in the town of Ulster. According to Ulster Town Police Chief Kyle Beradi, the Ulster Police School Resource Officer assigned to Miller Middle School was notified by administrators regarding an incident involving a bus driver and the students on the bus. An investigation revealed that Christopher Bauer, age 64, of Kerhonkson, who …
Hudson, NY
News
59-Year-Old Man Killed In Crash With School Vehicle On Taconic State Parkway
A 59-year-old man has died following a crash involving a motorcycle and a school vehicle on a highway in the region. Emergency crews in Columbia County were called just before 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, with reports of a crash on the Taconic State Parkway in the town of Taghkanic, near Post Hill Road. New York State Police said Craig McNulty, of Troy, was traveling northbound on the Taconic State Parkway on a BMW motorcycle when he was struck by an eastbound Chevrolet Traverse driven by 60-year-old Christine Costa, of Claverack. The vehicle belongs to the Taconic Hills Central School Distri…
Glen Burnie, MD
Schools
Partial Service Restored To 40 Bus Routes In Maryland School District
Families whose students are transported on one of around 40 bus routes with Anne Arundel County Public Schools will get partial relief after bus routes are scheduled to change later this month, officials say. Starting on Monday, Oct. 17, several dozen bus routes will begin to provide either morning service to middle school students or afternoon service to elementary school students, states the Anne Arundel Public Schools Board of Education. The change comes after around 40 bus routes were found to have extended high school or middle school runs that made it impossible for them to service ot…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Kids Are All Right: 'Missing' School Bus Stirs Anxiety For Parents At Franklin Lakes Dropoffs
Parents in one Bergen County neighborhood got a scare when nearly an hour passed without their children being dropped off from middle school at the end of the day. All was well, however. Franklin Lakes police got calls from several anxious Franklin Avenue Middle School parents on Peach Tree Lane shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Officers quickly found the bus in the area of Huron Road, a little less than a mile away, the captain said. The kids were all right, McCombs said. It turned out school officials had given the driver a new route that stu…
Hartford, CT
Schools
CT Faces School Bus Driver Shortage As Start Of New Academic Year Nears
With the new school year quickly approaching, districts across Connecticut are once again dealing with a shortage of bus drivers. Every bus company in the state is hiring for the new school year, according to reports. Altogether, the Connecticut School Transportation Association (COSTA) said the state needs to fill approximately one thousand open jobs. The situation has become so desperate that in Hartford County, the South Windsor School District sent a letter to families asking whether parents themselves could take the necessary steps to become licensed bus drivers, or spread the word t…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Schools
PA Catholic School Bus Driver Took 'Upskirt' Photos Of Teen Students, Police Say
UPDATE: The bus driver has been charged and identified. ***Original story below*** An investigation has been launched into a Catholic school bus driver in Delaware County after several underage students accused them of taking sexually intrusive photos without their consent, authorities said. A teenage student at the St. Mary Magdalen School in Media told officers on Tuesday, May 17 that her bus driver took pictures up her skirt with his cell phone, Upper Providence Township police said. "A preliminary investigation confirmed the allegation, and two additional teenage victims have been id…
Brookfield, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Some CT High Schools Having Early Dismissals Due To Bus Driver Shortages
Some schools in Connecticut are being forced to dismiss schools early as they face bus driver shortages due to the recent rise of new COVID-19 cases. In New Haven County, district officials announced that multiple high schools will be dismissed an hour early on Wednesday, Jan. 5, and Friday, Jan. 7 due to a shortage of drivers to get students to and from class. According to the district, these schools will be dismissed at the following times: Riverside: 1 p.m.; Hillhouse High School: 1:05 p.m.; Wilbur Cross High School: 1:05 p.m.; ESUMS: 1:05 p.m.; Cooperative Arts & Humanities High …
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
Schools
14-Year-Old Girl, School Bus Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-79, Coroner Says
A 14-year-old girl and a school bus driver died in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 79 Tuesday afternoon, according to the Butler County coroner’s office. The school bus hit the back of a tractor-trailer while traveling north on I-19 near the Route 422 interchange, as reported by WPXI. The multi-vehicle crash happened between Exit 96: PA 488 - PORTERSVILLE/PROSPECT and Exit 105: PA 108 - SLIPPERY ROCK, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Emergency medical services were called to the scene just after 5 p.m., according to numerous broadcast news reports and as …
Springfield, MA
Schools
Massachusetts Calls On National Guard To Assist In School Bus Driver Shortage
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is calling in the cavalry to help the state with transporting students to class at the beginning of the new school year. Baker announced that he is activating as many as 250 Guard members to assist with school transportation as the country contends with a massive bus driver shortage that left some districts scrambling to get students to class. “We asked a bunch of communities if they'd be interested in having Guard people drive vehicles for them, especially the smaller buses," Baker said in a briefing this week. "A bunch of communities said if y…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
News
Covid-
19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District
One school district in Montgomery County has suspended all bus services for students after a COVID-19 outbreak among its schools' transportation company, 6abc Action News reports. The Perkiomen Valley School District Superintendent Dr. Barbara Russell confirmed more than 30 COVID-19 cases were been reported within Student Transportation America. Elementary students moved to remote learning, while parents of high schoolers were left scrambling to make other transportation arrangements. Transportation worker Lynn Himes, died this week due to the virus, school officials told 6abc. Russell sa…
Newtown, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: District In Fairfield County Recommends Parents Drive Kids To, From School
With an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases exploding across Connecticut, the state, and the Fairfield Public School District, is advising parents to drive their children to school. The advisory, issued on Wednesday, Nov. 18, says given the current health data, "please consider driving your child to/from school, if possible." Related story - COVID-19: Lamont Sticking To Call For Schools To Stay Open For In-Person Learning -- For Now One of the main reasons for the suggestion, is the current situation on school buses, even though children are required to wear masks, and have a…
Stratford, CT
Police & Fire
Former Bus Driver Admits To Child Enticement
An area school bus driver admitted to sexually soliciting a teenage girl who was a passenger on his route, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Bridgeport resident Jose Manuel Santos, 37, pleaded guilty in New Haven district court to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity for his relationship with a 13-year-old girl. At the time of his arrest, Santos was a bus and van driver in Connecticut who transported children going to and from a middle school in Wallingford. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that in October 2018, police received information that Santos was sexua…
Jersey City, NJ
Lifestyle
Jersey City Dad Launches Kid-Friendly Ride Share Service
Toward the end of the 2019 school year, Jersey City father Norbert Sygdziak got a phone call from his son’s school district about an “unnerving event” that would require new bus arrangements. The call prompted Sygdziak to think seriously about school bus safety. He ultimately left his 19-year career in the legal industry to launch and take on a CEO role at RideAlong -- a child-oriented ride-share service with Jersey City native, Fateen Reid. "Despite all the advantages we have as a society, most parents are still forced to place their children on yellow school buses with little to no info…
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