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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools now have to check the bus drivers license upon their arrival to see if the credentials are valid or not. [/quote]

I would think that this could be something approved through DDOT, like a CDL with a School Bus transport endorsement.

This is so sad, but fortunately no one was hurt.

I think this may usher in a much needed check and balance in this industry. [/quote]

That's true.

I am not certain how equipped schools are to manage credentials from bus drivers. Seems like there should be a more organized way of analyzing this. [/quote]

How is an individual school supposed to do this?[/quote]

Check with drivers the day of the trip and ask to see drivers licenses, I'm assuming. Not unless schools create their own electronic system of driver records for field trips.[/quote]

So let’s make the principals or teachers the people with primary liability?  Great.[/quote]

This is the type of stuff DCPS pulls all the time.  This doesn’t solve the problem because teachers and admin have no clue what a valid CDL license looks like.  And how would they know it wasn’t revoked?  Do teachers now have to breathalyze the bus driver too? Put all onus on the schools while central office staff sit at home.[/quote]

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