School buses will be rolling in the am. I wonder if they have been washed, inside and out.
I have been wondering about the school buses...were they flooded to the engines?
I used to work in an automobile claims office at an insurance company, and whenever we had flooding, we had to total out the cars that got flooded..
The claims adjusters told me that once they got wet up into the dashboard area, they just can't be fixed...dunno?
You asked about the school buses being washed out.
KALB reported that Grant and Natchitoches Parishes are resuming normal school bus service Tuesday. However, Rapides Parish will not allow students to ride their buses until they are completely disinfected, perhaps by Friday, and they had a clip of buses being washed. I wondered exactly where the Rapides Parish buses went, and it sounded to me like they were used to transport people to shelters in East Baton Rouge.
I drive my child to school, not only because of the reports of bullying, but because I have personally witnessed too many incidents of reckless driving involving school buses. People don't drive responsibly here to begin with, and the school bus operators are no exception. There are too many accident involving school buses reported both on KALB and The Town Talk for my liking.
Also, there is a big desegregation problem in Rapides Parish which has resulted in children being bused to schools miles out of their neighborhood in order to achieve racial balance. There is also an incentive program to get children to voluntarily attend distant schools called "majority to minority," which basically means that the finest public schools are located in the worst neighborhoods. However, the M-to-M buses have to drive so far out of their way to pick up the kids who willingly participate in this exchange that they stop at your house a good two hours ahead of when school actually starts in the morning. There are many families here where no one has a driver's license, so people who have no choice simply stand outside in the dark that early to wait for the bus. However, as long as I have the option, I don't want any part of it.
If I see any more stories about buses being washed, I'll keep you posted.