LOUISIANA SCHOOL BUS OPERATORS' WEBSITE
EVENTS OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2012
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 15-19 - NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK
NOVEMBER 16/17 - LSBOA State Convention - Alexandria
Baymont Inns & Suites, SAI Convention Center
2301 McArthur Drive
NOVEMBER 17-25 - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS 
DECEMBER 21-JANUARY 7 - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 
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EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Susan Wise
P. O. Box 541
Simpson, LA 71474
1-337-383-7120
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ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS
Please go over Board Quarterly Meeting Minutes with your members. You can do at your regular meeting or make a copy and distribute the minutes to members. At the present only Association Officers receive minutes from LSBOA.
An informed member is a better member.
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INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO YOUR LEGISLATORS
This is the time of year to make contact with your state legislators. The 2013 Legislature Session will convene sooner than you think. Louisiana School Bus Operators will be facing many of the same issues as last year, i.e., system mergers, etc. We must begin now to take care of the "tomorrow" that is coming.
NATIONAL SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK
Drivers can participate in the week by talking with the principals of the schools they drive for and ask them to have teachers touch on some aspect of school bus safety each day of the week. The site listed below has some very good flyers that can be downloaded or emailed to the schools for students and teachers to use during the week. Drivers can also go over safety points with students prior to their getting off the bus. SAFETY SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING A DRIVER THINKS OF BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER DRIVING HIS/HER ROUTE.
Please let us know what your Association is doing during this most important week! Send information to cvjw103@yahoo.com and I will post it for everyone to see
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The Number of Persons That Can Safely Sit on a School Bus Seat
Federal regulation does not specify the number of persons that can sit on a school bus seat. The school bus manufacturers determine the maximum seating capacity of a school bus. The manufacturers use this number, which is based on sitting three small elementary school age persons per typical 39 inch school bus seat, in the calculations for determining the gross vehicle weight rating and the number of emergency exits. School transportation providers generally determine the number of persons that they can safely fit into a school bus seat. Generally they fit three smaller elementary school age persons or two adult high school age persons into a typical 39 inch school bus seat.
NHTSA recommends that all passengers be seated entirely within the confines of the school bus seats while the bus is in motion. Federal motor vehicle safety standard No. 222, "School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection" requires that the interior of large buses provide occupant protection so that children are protected without the need to buckle-up. Occupant crash protection is provided by a protective envelope consisting of strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing seat backs. Persons not sitting or sitting partially outside of the school bus seats will not be afforded the occupant protection provided by the school bus seats.
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ASSOCIATION NEWS
No comment from Associations, Board Members or Officers
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EMERGENCY EVACUATION ARE IMPORTANT - DON'T FORGET TO DO THEM!
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Thoughts and prayers -
This space is for drivers who may need our prayers and support to get through a difficult time. Please submit information to link below. Everyone needs help at some point in their life.
Comments and information contribution
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