IMPORTANT ISSUE! I live in Jacksonville, Florida, and our school
board hires contractors for bus services. A new company started
this year and bought brand new busses WITHOUT air conditioning. If
you look at heat index and human tolerance charts, you can SEE
CLEARLY the RISK we subject our kids to daily. There is not only
the RISK of heat exposure, but the added school bus violence that
is increased by transporting kids in excessive heat/.
I NEED INFORMATION/STUDIES to give to the school board to prove the
point. If anyone has any email me at worldofcolor@lycos.com
Simple facts. The heat index can rise to 100-130F very easily in
afternoons, and by the time kids are bumped off the bus, the
schools have exposed them to dangers from violence and medical
risks and once they leave the bus they no longer track what
happens, like knocking over a china closet and running out the door
before it crashes to the floor. Yes, we didn't have it when we were
kids, but in today's world kids sit in a/c all day and on the ride
home get exposed to a heat change of 30-40F degrees and are bounced
around in that for on average a half hour. Remember also that in
our day punching asbestos insulation, smoking and riding without
seat belts was okay too.
I have seen the effects of heat exposure, felt them, and there have
been a few days when I worked like 10 mins and sat with a hose
running over my head and back for the next ten. This summer on
vacation had to travel without a/c. and my son threw up twice.
There is a serious danger in heat exposure and this site seems to
address it really well.
BUT WHAT GOOD IS ALL THAT WITHOUT ACTION??????
HELP!
HELP!
HELP!
Help be an advocate for kids everywhere. I need studies and
documented information to use as proof that the conditions on
busses are unsafe for kids, like violence/heat relations, and hope
to find a study that directly concerns itself with afternoon school
bus heat and the the rise in violence and health risk that can be
directly attributed to the heat on the bus ride.
I WANT SCHOOL BUSSES TO HAVE AIR CONDITIONING across the board, as
a manditory thing, it only costs about 7 to 9K more to have a
school bus made/purchased with a/c, or about a grand a year more
over the life of the bus.
Call the Duval County School Board at 904-390-2000 and petition
them to protect our kids with a/c. Currently about half the fleet
of Laidlaw and First Student have a/c busses, and NONE of the brand
new Durham busses do. I am talking about regular busses, ESE
(special ed (yaaa!) & needs) busses have a/c. So over half of
all busses do not have air.
DO THEY TRANSPORT YOUR KIDS without a/c, in 96F degrees with 120F
heat indexes, exposing them to such great risk????
Imput, I need Imput!
If you're a professional, any help is appreciated...
Skot 904-781-9473
stay kuel..........
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