Friday, August 17, 2012
Penalties range from a fine to a license suspension for passing the vehicles while they're letting children off.
Cobb police cited three drivers on the first day of school for not stopping for school bus stop-arms. Sgt. Dana Pierce said he didn't have any information on citations that might have been issued Tuesday and Wednesday. This comes a month after the Cobb Board of Education approved an agreement with American Traffic Solutions to issue tickets for failing to stop for the arms, which are designed to protect students entering and leaving buses. The agreement allows ATS to collect $300 from first-time violators. Other penalties include a possible court appearance, a fine up to $1,000, six points on a driving record and a license suspension for convicted drivers under 21 years old, Cobb Commissioner Helen Goreham said. Drivers caught by the …
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
An East Cobb PTA official says it's a no brainer to use available federal funds to retrofit unhealthy, polluting vehicles.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The following article was written by Irene Barton and Rebecca Wats Hull. Barton is the President of the East Cobb County Council of PTAs. She serves on the Steering Committee of Mothers & Others for Clean Air. She lives with her husband and two school-aged children. Hull is the Director of Mothers & Others for Clean Air, an Atlanta-based air quality education and advocacy nonprofit. She lives in Decatur with her husband and two school-aged children. In these tough economic times it is a relief to share some good news about funding for Georgia school systems. On November 4, the Cobb County School District (CCSD), along with every school system in the state, was invited to apply for over $2.5 million in federal funding to clean up dirty …
Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Cobb County School District needs to hire 30 school bus drivers in time for the first day of school next Monday.
The Cobb County School District is hiring 30 school bus drivers this school year. Bus drivers work 183 school days. The attached pdf file shows you the bus driver schedule for the school year. The starting pay for a bus driver is $14.37/hour. The second pdf file will show you Transportation Personnel salaries. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age, have a high school diploma or GED, and hold a valid Georgia Commercial Driver's License with S and P endorsements. Interested applicants can find the complete job requirements and apply online at http://www.cobbk12.org/centraloffice/hr/employment. The Cobb school system has received approximately 100 new buses this summer and they will be on the road at the start of the school year. Each …
Here's what you need to know to start Aug. 11 in Northeast Cobb.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
1. Today should be a prototypical August day in Northeast Cobb, according to the National Weather Service: a lot of sun, a high in the mid-90s and a 30 percent chance of showers popping up in the afternoon. The overnight low will be around 67. 2. Marietta Recycling had its day in Marietta Municipal Court on Wednesday and agreed to plead no contest to two noise ordinance violations and to pay the city $5,000, the Marietta Daily Journal reports. In return, the city dropped 33 other counts. Meanwhile, the MDJ adds, Marietta Recycling has sued to reverse Cobb County’s rejection of the company’s metal scrap yard in Northeast Cobb next to the East Cobb Baseball complex. 3. Cobb County school bus drivers will be making dry runs Friday in …
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Cobb County School District transportation officials say they averaged one stop-arm violation per bus on school days during the 2010-11 school year.
With the death of one child and continued violations of the school bus stop-arm laws, the Cobb County school district has launched an initiative to put outside cameras on 102 buses. The two cameras that face forward and backward sit inside a white protective case about two feet below the red flashing stop sign the buses use to alert drivers to stop. The cameras shoot diagonally in color digital video, and can see a license plate from 100 yards, said district Associate Director of Transportation, Mike Warner. The cameras aim to stop the escalation of motorists who drive around a stopped bus either picking up or dropping off children. Each bus, in the district’s fleet of 1,188, averaged a stop-arm violation per school day during the 2010-…
