Now that school is officially open, the Levittown School District has provided opportunities for its youngest students to become more informed about bus safety and
emergency procedures. During the month of September, elementary school students throughout the district have participated in bus drills, stressing the importance of rules,
seating arrangements and the steps to take during an emergency. Gardiners Avenue Elementary School students participated in safety drills on Sept. 13, boarding the bright yellow buses and learning to exit from the back hatch during an emergency.
Levittown bus driver Vic Ramsundar explained that New York State law requires that students participate in bus drills each year. “We teach the students about where the emergency exits are, the rules and what to do if a bus driver has an emergency,” Ramsundar said. “This is important for all students, even those who don’t ride the bus to school, because they will be riding a bus on field trips.”
Gardiners Avenue students then attended an assembly about bus safety with Superintendent of Transportation Dajuana Reeves.
