Regular Meeting

Parents, students and teachers are celebrating the men and women who deliver more than 1400 students safely to and from school in Transylvania County each day as part of the fourth annual national Love the Bus program. Each school will recognize their bus drivers on February 14 and throughout the month of February. 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 each day. It is also an opportunity for parents and children to learn more about the safety and environmental benefits of school bus transportation. 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 e-mail or print and give to their bus driver on Valentine’s Day, February 14.

Bus drivers receive specialized classroom and behind-the-wheel training in driving a school bus, student loading/unloading procedures, student evacuation, student behavior and security management, and emergency medical procedures.  School districts and companies that manage school bus fleets carefully monitor bus drivers, with some drivers disqualified from driving a bus for as few as two traffic violations.  All school bus drivers are also required to participate in pre-employment, random and post-accident drug and alcohol testing, and frequent driving record checks. In addition to the qualified drivers, school buses are, by far, the safest vehicles on the road, with a safety record confirmed by government authorities to be better than any other form of transportation. School buses are designed and constructed with more safety features than any other vehicle, and the school transportation industry works continually to incorporate the latest technology, training and testing to keep school buses safe. 

 

The month of February is designated as “Black History Month” nationwide. Classes will have activities commemorating the important people, places and events of the civil rights movement and the contributions and achievements of celebrated African Americans.

February is Career-Technical Education Month. The month-long celebration of CTE kicks off with National Groundhog Job Shadow Day and concludes with National Entrepreneurship Week USA. This year’s theme is “CTE: Learning Today, Earning Tomorrow.”

A few weeks ago, the principal of Brevard High School received an e-mail from a Tuscola High School alumnus, Mr. Alan Walker, commending a BHS wrestler, his coach and teammates for good sportsmanship. During a match between Brevard and Tuscola on January 25, a wrester from Tuscola was injured. Mr. Walker’s message stated, “The concern the young man from Brevard, as well as the coaches, showed for the injured wrestler was evident on their faces. The wrestler from Brevard stayed at the edge of the mat, exhibiting compassion for the wrestler whom had been his opponent just moments earlier. When the wrestler from Tuscola was taken from the mat, the great act of sportsmanship shown by the young man from Brevard touched me. Please feel free to share this with the young man and the wrestling team and coaches.  Good sportsmanship is noticed and appreciated.”

 

 

Days Missed:	Make-up Days:
December 13	January 17
December 14	February 12
December 16	February 21
December 17	March 31
January 10	April 22
January 11	May 30
January 12	June 9
January 13	June 10
January 14	June 13
February 10	June 14