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Show District earns bus safety recognition The Alpine School District Transportation Department has received two awards for bus safety and maintenance. The first is the prestigious "AAA School Bus Award," which is presented pre-sented annually by the Utah Highway High-way Patrol to districts which maintain main-tain exacting standards of safety specifications on their school buses. The second award, the "Clean Bus Award," is presented by the State Department of Public Safety. In its commendation, this department de-partment stated: "A program like Alpine's is a team effort. It was apparent to all of the inspectors that the school bus drivers took excellent care and had great pride in their buses." "These two awards represent safety in operation and pride in maintenance," said Jim Crittenden, Critten-den, district transportation director. direc-tor. .. : ..... . . - . "The commendations translate into a real concern on the part of our entire staff for the well-being and safety of the students who ride our buses daily. We now have a fleet of 125 buses and transport some 13,200 students on a daily basis." "I would personally like to thank our entire staff of drivers, mechanics, mechan-ics, garage personnel and support people for their professionalism and dedication," Crittenden concluded. |