Wake County School Bus Drivers Prep for First Day of Class
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Parents and kids all across the state will be busy this weekend making last minute preparations for Monday's opening of public schools.
Wake County school bus drivers have been doing the same thing for the past couple of days.
They are trying to make sure there is not a repeat of the weeks-long fiasco two years ago.
Back then school leaders had eliminated buses and drivers.
This time, the changes aren't nearly as dramatic so current school leaders don't expect that level of problems.
But there have been changes to some bus scheduling this year and 4,000 stops have been eliminated, and most parents have a long memory.
One of them, Ruth Angrand, of Raleigh, was glad to hear that drivers are making dry runs.
"That's great," she said. "I'm certainly hoping in practicing that it's going to be effective and we won't have to worry about what's going on and what's taking forever."
Bus drivers say they also want to remind motorists to be especially alert Monday.
After a summer with few buses on the road there will be plenty out Monday, especially in Wake County, which is home to the state's largest school system.
The Wake County Public School System runs more than 900 buses with 75,000 student riders each day.
North Carolina School Bus Stop Law
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