Love the Bus!

School Bus Industry Encourages Parents and Children to “Love the Bus”

Becker Public School District to Honor Local School Bus Drivers on February 14th

February14, 2012 – Parents, students and teachers are celebrating the men and women from the Becker Public School District that take more than 175 bus riders (primary school) safely to schools in District 726 each day as part of the fourth annual National Love the Bus program this February. 

The principal, teachers and students of Becker Schools, along with Telin Transportation Group will be participating in events to honor their bus drivers, learn about bus safety and take part in the national, Love the Bus Program. Events will take place at the school the week prior to February 14th in which students will have the opportunity to create posters or write essays showing support for their bus driver and what school bus safety means to them.
Students will be able to write their names, and (or) statements about what makes their driver special to them directly on a yellow school bus. They will also have the chance to present handmade valentines to their driver.

The Love the Bus program, founded in 2007 and coordinated by the American School Bus Council (ASBC), is celebrated on Valentine’s Day and throughout February in
school districts across the country as a way to raise awareness and appreciation for the hundreds of thousands of school bus drivers who safely transport more than 26 million school children to and from school each day. It
is also an opportunity for parents and children to learn more about the safety and environmental benefits of school bus transportation.

“We want to honor the bus drivers that safely take the children,” to school each day said Todd Telin, President Telin Transportation Group. “Love the Bus is a
great opportunity to thank the people that protect our most precious cargo—our children—and serve as role models on the 480,000 school buses that transport children to and from school each day across the country.”

To help celebrate Love the Bus, parents, teachers and children are encouraged to visit the program's Web site, www.LoveTheBus.com, to share stories about their favorite bus drivers, and make interactive valentines to email or print and give to their bus driver on Valentine’s Day,
February 14. Educators also may log on to www.LoveTheBus.com to download an educator’s toolkit, which provides details on incorporating Love The Bus into their lesson plans and offers best practices for communicating about pupil transportation.

Throughout February, the American School Bus Council and its members will hold a series of local events across the United States to educate parents and children about
school bus safety.