Belts on Buses Chattanooga

11/01/2023

05/10/2023

Final mother/son goodbye tomorrow.

05/09/2023

Team Puppet!

10/18/2019

Mark your calendars!  The 12th Annual Dare to Dance returns to the Chattanooga Convention Center on Saturday, October 26th. Vote for your favorite dancers here and help them on their journey to win mirror ball trophies and make a difference for local kidney patients! 

08/23/2019

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/hamilton-county-school-bus-involved-in-accident-friday-afternoon

We are praying for the safety of the students, and the driver of both vehicles.

The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) and other agencies are investigating after several people were injured in a head-on crash involving a school bus Friday afternoon. Hamilton County Schools spokesman Tim Hensley confirms that students were traveling from Brown Middle School and Central High...

04/26/2019

We are excited that Hamilton County Schools has chosen to replace Durham with First Student. If they put belts on those buses, we'd buy em lunch. :)

11/28/2018

https://newschannel9.com/news/local/school-bus-driver-in-rhea-county-charged-with-dui-wednesday-morning

We are very saddened, and upset by this. At no point should a driver of a vehicle, much less a school bus driver think it is okay, to get behind a wheel and drive under the influence. If your child was hurt on this accident please feel free to give our office a call and we would be more than happy to take care of you. 423-265-4878

The Rhea County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that a school bus driver was charged with DUI Wednesday morning. The incident happened shortly after 8 a. m. on Highway 27, just north of Rhea Medical Center. Viewer Lisa Freeman shared photos of the scene with us, which show several law enforcement veh...

10/08/2018

We hope you all and the kids have an amazing fall break this week!

09/13/2018

https://newschannel9.com/news/before-the-bell/some-hamilton-co-parents-concerned-after-picture-taken-of-students-standing-in-bus-aisle

This is a MAJOR safety issue and it should not be happening or tolerated. This is only one school, that we know of that has overcrowding on their school buses. We encourage you to reach out to your school board representative and let them know that this on all levels is unacceptable.

How full is too full for a school bus to be safe? That's the question on the minds of some local parents after a picture shared on social media shows students standing in the aisle of a school bus. A Hamilton County father shared this picture with us and on social media - it shows students standing....

08/07/2018

As the first day of school nears, encourage your children to remain seated, and behave on their school bus. Meanwhile we will continue our fight.

07/29/2018

Please continue to keep the surviving children of the Woodmore bus accident in your thoughts and prayers. Some of those children are still suffering and still fighting injuries today.

05/22/2018

We won't say we told you so. :)
"In a bold move, the NTSB recommended seat belts on all school buses after the deadly Woodmore crash"

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/38247335/the-ntsb-discusses-woodmore-and-baltimore-bus-crashes

The National Transportation Safety Board is in Washington D. C. discussing their findings in the two bus crashes.

04/18/2018

Congratulations to Representative JoAnne Favors. The House just passed the bus seat belt bill! Lots of hard work to protect our children!

03/29/2018

Strides for Seatbelts!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10156443884214345&id=106111954344

Since Governor Haslam has already allocated $3-million in his budget, Jobe says this is more or a less a formality.

03/24/2018

Way to be Tennessee!


http://www.wate.com/news/local-news/haslam-proposes-3-million-to-add-seat-belts-to-school-buses/1063215908

Governor Bill Haslam has proposed allocating $3 million to go towards helping school districts pay for new school buses equipped with seat belts.

03/01/2018

Sometime during the day observe a 37 second moment of silence. Remember those children.

01/11/2018

Great news!

New 2018 law for Tennessee.
New school bus drivers must be 25 years old and complete a training program before being able to transport children.

01/02/2018

Belts on Buses Bill is being reintroduced on January 9th, 2018!