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Special Needs Students

Bethlehem, PA
Schools
PHOTOS: 5, Including 2 Students, Injured In Bethlehem School Bus Crash, Police Say PHOTOS: 5, Including 2 Students, Injured In Bethlehem School Bus Crash, Police Say
Photos: 5, Including 2 Students, Injured In Bethlehem School Bus Crash, Police Say Five people were hospitalized after a school bus carrying special needs students rear-ended a car in Bethlehem Township, Northampton County, police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 2. The crash happened at around 4:35 p.m. at the intersection of Freemansburg Avenue and Washington Street, according to the Bethlehem Township Police Department. Police said a passenger vehicle was stopped in the westbound lane of Freemansburg Avenue, waiting to make a left turn onto Washington Street, when it was struck from behind by a westbound Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 bus. Two students on the bus, along wit…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
Schools
Ex-North Penn Bus Aide Pleads Guilty To Choking Special Needs Student Ex-North Penn Bus Aide Pleads Guilty To Choking Special Needs Student
Ex-North Penn Bus Aide Pleads Guilty To Choking Special Needs Student A former school bus aide with North Penn School District pleaded guilty to choking a 6-year-old special needs student, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. MacArthur Wilson, 72, of Lansdale, is free on bail and awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to Strangulation and Endangering the Welfare of Children on Wednesday, Oct. 16, updated court documents state.  A sentencing date was not listed in court records at press time. Wilson began strangling the student when they were about one minute away from the boy's stop after the bus driver told Wilson to sit with him on…

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by Merriell Moyer
Lewisboro, NY
Schools
Katonah-Lewisboro School Bus Driver Wins National Award Katonah-Lewisboro School Bus Driver Wins National Award
Katonah-Lewisboro School Bus Driver Wins National Award A Northern Westchester school bus driver is being nationally recognized for her efforts to make sure that all her young passengers have the best experience possible on their way to class.  Katonah-Lewisboro School District bus driver Carol Rivera Gaffey was awarded National Special-Needs School Bus Driver of the Year on Tuesday, Dec. 5 by AMF-Bruns of America, which manufactures special needs products, district officials announced. Gaffey was nominated for the award by her supervisor, Nora Beltran, who did not tell her until she learned she had won.  In her no…

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by Ben Crnic
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
School Bus Driver, 71, Charged In Glen Rock Crash, Frightened Special Needs Kids Hospitalized School Bus Driver, 71, Charged In Glen Rock Crash, Frightened Special Needs Kids Hospitalized
School Bus Driver, 71, Charged In Glen Rock Crash, Frightened Special Needs Kids Hospitalized UPDATE: The 71-year-old driver of a mini school bus involved in a crash in Glen Rock that sent two frightened special needs students to the hospital caused the collision when he pulled into the path of the other vehicle, police said. An aide and the driver of the Honda Pilot were treated at the scene by members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps after the crash at the confluence of Park, Highwood and Maple avenues shortly after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The 71-year-old Paterson man who was driving the children and aide to Bergen County …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
Mini School Bus, SUV Collide In Glen Rock Mini School Bus, SUV Collide In Glen Rock
Mini School Bus, SUV Collide In Glen Rock Two special needs students were taken to the hospital after a mini school bus and an SUV collided in Glen Rock. An aide and the driver of the Honda Pilot were treated at the scene by members of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps after the crash at the confluence of Park, Highwood and Maple avenues at 8:19 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. A 71-year-old Paterson man who was driving the children and aide to Bergen County Special Services in Paramus in the Hackensack-based Pro-Trans School Transportation bus failed to yield at the intersection of Highwood…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
News
Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police
Driver Ran Light In School Bus Crash That Injured Ridgewood Special Needs Student, 11: Police UPDATE: A multi-vehicle crash in Ridgewood that sent a school bus driver, an 11-year-old special needs student and four other people to the hospital occurred when the driver ran a red light, the village police chief said. The bus was headed north on South Van Dien Avenue when "it apparently went through a red light and was hit by a Mazda CX-9 and a Land Rover" at East Ridgewood Avenue, Police Chief Jacqueline Lutchcke said following the 4 p.m. crash on Monday, Sept. 19. The incident was captured by a dashboard camera on a police cruiser that happened to be in the area, responders at the sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco