Michael Richardson speaks with Tyler ISD Superintendent Dr. Marty Crawford about the approved school year calendar, district vehicle purchases, and renovations coming to the A.T. Stewart Campus. view article

Two Midland ISD employees were taken to the hospital following a school bus accident this morning at South County Road 1232, according to the school district. view article

According to Aaron Hood, Superintendent of Robert Lee ISD, a school bus carrying the girls varsity basketball team was involved in a major collision with a truck Saturday. The team was returning from a basketball tournament hosted by Borden ISD. view article

The national bus driver shortage continues to grow, and here at home, some school districts are suffering as a result. It’s a growing issue that’s going round and round. “It’s not just our district,” Bowie ISD Transportation Supervisor Cory Hickey said. “It’s every district around that I’ve talked to.” view article

Willis ISD increased its pay for all bus drivers, which will go into effect Jan. 6, district officials announced at the board of trustees’ Dec. 11 meeting. The increase of $1.25 an hour comes after WISD lost some bus drivers due to better pay offers from nearby school districts, such as Conroe ISD at $19.50 per hour and Montgomery ISD at $20.20 per hour, Director of Communications Jamie Fails said. view article

Two Cleveland ISD school buses crashed into each other Wednesday morning, sending nearly 20 students to the hospital. We’re told it happened on Hwy 105 and Hwy 321 near Cleveland Middle School. It’s unclear how the accident transpired, but we’re told a total of 17 students were hospitalized as a precaution and treated for injuries. view article

Newly released video shows a man assaulting a Richardson ISD bus driver in front of a bus full of children. view article

If anyone could clone themselves it would be school bus drivers like Rufus Huckabee in Fort Worth ISD. His job is becoming harder for all the wrong reasons, like fewer drivers. "There's usually a need since COVID, I think everything took a hit," said Huckabee. There are more students, more special programs and classes that require kids to be bused to different buildings and few bus drivers to do it. Many of the drivers they do have aren't showing up for work. It's gotten so bad teachers have pleaded not just with their principals, but showed up repeatedly at the school board, begging for help. view article

The Department of Public Safety has confirmed that a car sideswiped a Groesbeck ISD school bus near Thornton Wednesday morning, but no students were hurt. DPS Sgt Ryan Howard said it happened about 7:15 a.m. on State Highway 14 just south of the Thornton city limits. The preliminary investigation determined that a Chevrolet passenger car traveling southbound drove onto the wrong side of the roadway and sideswiped the bus. view article

Two students were on board a Dallas ISD school bus when it was hit by another vehicle. The crash happened on Northwest Highway and Sunland Street around 4 p.m. Dallas ISD says the two students on the bus were not hurt, Dallas Fire-Rescue says a total of four vehicles were involved in the crash but did not release specifics. view article

Widyan Younes stood in the parking lot of the Capital of Texas Zoo in Bastrop County just after lunch on a crisp spring afternoon in March, watching her 4-year-old daughter and a gaggle of happy, sleepy prekindergarten students step aboard a school bus bound for Buda's Tom Green Elementary School.  view article

Cy-Fair ISD bus drivers and other transportation staff will soon see a pay raise as the district attempts to recruit and retain drivers. At the Nov. 11 board meeting, trustees approved raising the starting pay rate for drivers from $19.19 an hour to $23 an hour in a 6-0 vote. view article

According to a Facebook post by the Lakeside City Volunteer Fire Department, they were called to US Hwy 281 for a school bus on fire. Shortly before midnight on Friday, November 8, 2024, the Holliday Eagles football team was headed home from their game in Jacksboro, read the post. view article

An Alvin ISD school bus flipped on its side during a crash on Wednesday morning. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. Two middle school students and the driver were on board at the time, but fortunately, there were no reported injuries, according to Alvin ISD. view article

Three high school cheerleaders and one adult were hospitalized following a crash involving eight vehicles, including a school bus, on US-59 Sunday morning. Over 30 Lufkin ISD students and several adults were on the bus when it crashed just before 11:50 a.m. on US 59 near the Fannin Street exit. The bus carried the district's cheerleading team to a competition in Rosenberg, but after the crash, the team rerouted and returned to Lufkin. view article

Three Lufkin ISD students were among the four people taken to the hospital after an eight-vehicle crash in Houston on Sunday morning, officials say. The crash happened just after 10:30 a.m. on southbound US-59 under SH-288. view article

A Georgetown ISD bus was hit by a car that ran a stop sign Monday afternoon. It happened on Sycamore Street and Greenside Lane, near The Delaney at Georgetown Village. view article

The Georgetown Independent School District said no students were injured in a crash involving a GISD school bus Monday afternoon. “It appears a vehicle ran a stop sign and hit the bus,” the district said. view article

Wednesday morning, the United Independent School District became the first Texas school district to launch an AI-led pilot program in collaboration with Bus Patrol to improve student safety. view article

Safety concerns are growing for Cy-Fair ISD parents after three students were hit in separate auto-pedestrian crashes last week while walking or biking to school. The incidents come after the district cut several school bus routes at the beginning of the school year due to a budget deficit. Back in August, ABC13 reported that the district cut 79 bus routes, which saved them $4.8 million and equates to about 75 teacher positions. District officials said the goal was for the cuts not to be felt in the classroom, although some parents said it's put them in difficult predicaments. view article

Cy-Fair ISD parents are demanding answers after at least two students were hit by cars on the way to school. According to letters to parents, obtained by KPRC 2′s Rilwan Balogun, the incidents happened on two separate occasions with different students but were a day apart. view article

Iola ISD said it was looking into “public concerns” of an “inappropriate remark” made by an elementary student on a school bus. The school district said it notified the school resource officer and local law enforcement. In a statement from Iola Superintendent Jeff Dyer shared with KBTX, he said, “The student in question did not possess a firearm or any other prohibited object. There was never any immediate threat to the safety or security of our students or the community.” view article

Cy-Fair ISD parents are demanding a change to bus routes after three students were hit by vehicles last week. This comes a couple of months after the district eliminated nearly 80 bus routes due to budget cuts. Now, families are demanding accountability and calling the injuries unacceptable. The bus routes cut impacted students who live a mile or two miles away from their school. view article

A train stalling in Hallsville blocked traffic Friday. All three Hallsville railroad crossings are blocked, according to a social media post from Hallsville ISD. They said parents will be informed about changing bus schedules. view article

A Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District bus driver received a citation for disregarding a construction flagger’s stop sign following a collision between a school bus and a dump truck on Thursday morning. According to Columbia-Brazoria ISD, the bus driver has been released from the hospital, and the student is expected to be discharged later Friday. view article

An elementary school student is recovering at a Houston hospital after being struck by a Barber Hill Independent School District bus Thursday morning, according to the district. The crash happened at 7:40 a.m., just before school, on Sapphire Lagoon Street in the Joseph’s Cove subdivision. view article

Emergency crews are responding to a crash involving a Columbia-Brazoria ISD school bus. A student and the bus driver were transported to area hospitals via LifeFlight, according to the school district. SkyEye flew over the scene on Highway 36 at Country Road 353 on Thursday morning. Video shows the aftermath of what appears to be a crash between a school bus and a dump truck. view article

Bryan police arrested a Bryan ISD bus driver Thursday morning for driving intoxicated while transporting 24 students younger than the age of 15. Police responded to a crash around Lakeview Street and Fairway Drive and determined the school bus was “involved in a minor accident with a parked, unoccupied vehicle.” Students were on the bus during the crash, but police say none were injured. view article

Dallas police announced an arrest for an assault on a Richardson ISD bus driver. The assault happened on Skillman Street just north of 635 more than seven months ago, but police were recently able to identify the alleged attacker through social media. Danny Senkow, a school bus driver of seven years, never expected that driving elementary school students would make him fear for his life. But that is what happened on Feb. 1. view article

Bryan police arrested a Bryan ISD bus driver Thursday morning for driving intoxicated while transporting students. Police responded to a crash around Lakeview Street and Fairway Drive and determined the school bus was “involved in a minor accident with a parked, unoccupied vehicle.” Students were on the bus during the crash, but police say none were injured. view article

A Fort Bend ISD school bus was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the Chasewood area of Houston Wednesday morning. This is at Fondren at Chasewind just west of the Fort Bend Tollroad. Aerial views from Air 11 did show that there were children on the bus at the time of the crash. A second vehicle appears to been partially pinned under the school bus. view article

Abilene ISD bus routes are being affected by a statewide driver shortage, leaving parents scrambling to get their children to school. The past week, at least a couple of bus routes have been canceled last minute at multiple campuses both before and after school. view article

Texas school districts are authorized to provide public school transportation. For those that do, motor vehicle accidents are fertile ground for claims against school districts. School districts may benefit from taking the time to review their risk management approach to the provision of transportation services.

Across the nation, school districts are having a hard time keeping and hiring bus drivers. One local school district, Comal ISD, is becoming greatly effected. As one of the fastest growing and largest districts in the San Antonio area, the district covers over 500 square miles in five different counties with over 27,000 students attending. view article

Some Brenham ISD parents are concerned about the safety of their children aboard school buses, while the district struggles to find people to drive them. Overcrowding and longer run times for some buses has parents worried and debating whether their children should be using school transportation. One parent, Cassi Harrison, has pulled her three children off after she says her daughter had to sit on the floor of her elementary school bus, which had students from two bus routes. Harrison says the safety of the children needs to be addressed. view article