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Kids Are All Right: 'Missing' School Bus Stirs Anxiety For Parents At Franklin Lakes Dropoffs Kids Are All Right: 'Missing' School Bus Stirs Anxiety For Parents At Franklin Lakes Dropoffs
Kids Are All Right: 'Missing' School Bus Stirs Anxiety For Parents At Franklin Lakes Dropoffs Parents in one Bergen County neighborhood got a scare when nearly an hour passed without their children being dropped off from middle school at the end of the day. All was well, however. Franklin Lakes police got calls from several anxious Franklin Avenue Middle School parents on Peach Tree Lane shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Officers quickly found the bus in the area of Huron Road, a little less than a mile away, the captain said.  The kids were all right, McCombs said. It turned out school officials had given the driver a new route that stu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District COVID-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District
Covid-19 Outbreak Among School Bus Drivers Suspends Service In This PA District One school district in Montgomery County has suspended all bus services for students after a COVID-19 outbreak among its schools' transportation company, 6abc Action News reports. The Perkiomen Valley School District Superintendent Dr. Barbara Russell confirmed more than 30 COVID-19 cases were been reported within Student Transportation America. Elementary students moved to remote learning, while parents of high schoolers were left scrambling to make other transportation arrangements. Transportation worker Lynn Himes, died this week due to the virus, school officials told 6abc. Russell sa…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Jersey City Dad Launches Kid-Friendly Ride Share Service Jersey City Dad Launches Kid-Friendly Ride Share Service
Jersey City Dad Launches Kid-Friendly Ride Share Service Toward the end of the 2019 school year, Jersey City father Norbert Sygdziak got a phone call from his son’s school district about an “unnerving event” that would require new bus arrangements. The call prompted Sygdziak to think seriously about school bus safety. He ultimately left his 19-year career in the legal industry to launch and take on a CEO role at RideAlong -- a child-oriented ride-share service with Jersey City native, Fateen Reid. "Despite all the advantages we have as a society, most parents are still forced to place their children on yellow school buses with little to no info…

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by Valerie Musson