SCHOOL BUS WARDENS

Chronicle (Levin), 31 May 1946, Page 8

SCHOOL BUS WARDENS

The dangers liable to be eneountered in sclxool buses, and methods of counteracting tliese dangers were tlie subject oi' an address to the A.A. Patrol and Service OfHeers' conference in Palmerston I\orth yesterdav, by Inspeetor C. M. Pilkiugton, Road Traffie Instvuetor for Sehools, Transport Depa'-rt-ment, Auckland. Members of the executive of the N.LM.U, wero ul.so present. F oi- " lowing tlie address .the .foilpw-ing r.esolution was carri-ed by the-- conference: "It is .recommeuiled: that jbus .,d'ri]l be ixitrodi/eed' 4 that orie ;or it^i'serfior'ptjpfe -bedai^pi-n-ted safety wardens ''toU'siipefviSe the conduct of the ^children enterdng and leaving tlie lms;.'(b) -^hat ^he -warden, teacher or drivef, ' control the pupi'ls entering and leaving the dooi -of the hns, and that a seeond wa'rden be staficned at tlie rear of the bus ;adjaeent the emergency door; (c) that the .pupils be lined up in sjngle file inside tlie school grounds (foofcpath or side of road accurding to eircumstances) and retained there un-til the arrival of the bus, and tlien conducted into the bus in an orderlv manner -under the control of the warden or teacher as the case may be.; (d) that every endeavour be made -to induce the bus driver to load o-n -tlie side of the road on which the school is sit.uat.ecl."