In an email sent to MySA, a district spokesperson with Southside ISD said no students were injured in the bus crash. The crash happened around 7:50 a.m. The spokesperson also notes that four high school students were on board but were taken to school after the crash was cleared within minutes. view article

Two Southwest ISD school buses were involved in a minor crash on the city's West side. The crash happened around 3 pm near Marbach Road and Loop 1604. According to the San Antonio Police Department, two fully occupied school buses were driving at a low speed when they collided. No injuries were reported and no students were transported to the hospital. view article

An Austin woman was arrested on a DWI charge Friday in connection with an AISD school bus crash involving dozens of band members. 23-year-old Fallon Ramos was arrested for driving while intoxicated. The crash happened Thursday night in Central Austin near House Park Athletic Stadium. Multiple 911 calls came in after two Austin ISD buses and a sedan crashed in the 2900 block of North Lamar Boulevard around 11:30 p.m. The driver of the sedan was taken to the hospital and a bus driver and some McCallum High School band students were treated at the scene. view article

A 4-year-old girl was hospitalized after being left alone on a hot school bus for seven hours Tuesday, NBC5 reported. The Dallas ISD pre-K student was not taken off the bus at Clinton P. Russell Elementary School and stayed strapped in her seat in heat over 90 degrees, according to KXAS-TV. view article

A Spring Branch ISD school bus was involved in a crash in northwest Houston Thursday. HPD says the crash involved two vehicles, including the bus. It happened in the 1400 block of Silber Road at Westview around 3:55 p.m. view article

During a meeting before the school year began, Bastrop Independent School District bus drivers said they were told by their transportation company to no longer help students in case of a medical emergency. “She said that we weren’t allowed to do CPR. We weren’t allowed to administer medications,” said one Bastrop ISD bus driver, who didn’t want to share their identity. view article

The parents of a preschool student say they have seen video from the Dallas ISD bus with their non-verbal autistic daughter was left alone for hours. Keturah Crockett said the district allowed she and her husband an opportunity to view video from the bus on Tuesday when a bus driver ended their shift without realizing a child was still aboard. view article

Six people were injured, including one with potentially serious injuries, in a crash involving an Austin ISD bus overnight. Just after 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Austin-Travis County EMS and the Austin Fire Department responded to the two-vehicle collision at the intersection of North Lamar Boulevard and San Gabriel Street. view article

A driver may have run a red light before hitting a Spring Branch ISD bus and causing it to flip, police said on Thursday. Spring Branch ISD police say the bus was traveling eastbound on Westview at about 3:50 p.m. when a Toyota Corolla traveling southbound on Silber hit it at a high rate of speed. view article

The parents of a Dallas ISD preschooler are outraged that their 4-year-old was left alone on a hot school bus for hours. "I depended on them. I trusted them with my child and they dropped the ball. I’m just thankful I still have her," said Robert Pruitt. Pruitt's 4-year-old daughter Araiya is a preschool student at Clinton P. Russell Elementary School in Dallas ISD. view article

Parents of a Dallas ISD preschooler say they’re traumatized and want answers on how their 4-year-old daughter was left alone on a school bus for hours. Instead of arriving at school, the family says the child ended up miles away and left unattended in 95-degree heat. “She could have lost her life,” Keturah Crockett said about her daughter. view article

A slammed school pickup line is a common sight nowadays in the Medina Valley Independent School District. The school district’s current student enrollment is 9,525. That’s just about 700 more students than MVISD had in classrooms last year. Medina Valley is a historically rural area, but population growth has caused big changes. And this school year, it’s causing transportation problems. “It’s very frustrating,” Jennifer Anderson, an MVISD mom, said. “I did not expect to run into what I have run into.” view article

Parents are demanding answers after a Sealy ISD bus driver allegedly denied allowing students to let their windows down in an un-air-conditioned vehicle when temperatures were in the triple digits. Parents said on Thursday, Aug. 22, when temperatures were between 108 to 112 degrees, a bus driver deliberately turned onto a dirt road and started driving slowly while students sat on the bus, which was reportedly not air-conditioned, with their windows up complaining about not being able to breathe. view article

An Aldine Independent School District mother is seeking answers from the district after her child’s school bus was involved in an accident, and she was not informed about the incident by the school or transportation department. “I leave my children with these people, you know, and I want them to let me know when something’s going on, or, you know, it’s just... Communication is key,” the parent said. view article

A three-year-old New Braunfels ISD student didn’t make it home on her normal bus route two days in a row. The school district is now investigating the second incident, as she was left sitting on a bus after all the other students got off. Camilla is a pre-kindergarten student in New Braunfels. Her mom tells KSAT that Camilla didn’t get off the bus after school on Wednesday, August 21, or Thursday, August 22. view article

Cell phone video taken on a Brenham school bus and obtained by KBTX last week shows what appears to be an adult boarding the stopped bus and physically assaulting a student. In a statement shared with parents last week, Brenham ISD said, “We want to inform you about an incident that occurred today, August 19, 2024, at approximately 4:45 PM involving Bus Route 13. A parent forcibly entered the bus to address a student. This incident was immediately reported to the authorities, and the parents of the student involved have been contacted.” view article

When the new school year starts for students it is usually a time for renewed starts and fresh journeys. For one Texas Hill Country parent though, she said the student can't find a seat on the growing school district's bus. Boerne ISD (BISD) mother Shannon Steen's son had issues finding a seat on the district's school bus. She reached out to BISD before finally asking on Facebook if there were any other options to contact the transportation department before sharing her son's tough start to the school year. view article

Irving ISD has seen some big changes this school year, including the state-wide phenomenon of campus closures. As part of a consolidation effort to rebalance enrollment and prevent budget shortfalls, Britain Elementary and Elliott Elementary were closed for the 2024–2025 school year. This has forced students to start somewhere new and parents to rearrange their day accordingly. view article

A Cy-Fair Independent School District parent is demanding change in school policy after his fifth grader briefly disappeared while trying to get home from school. John Littlefield’s daughter attends Moore Elementary School in northwest Harris County. Last year, Littlefield said his daughter was able to ride the bus. view article

The Denton Police Department is still conducting its own investigation of the incident. Denton police and Denton ISD are investigating a school bus driver after children alleged he was driving erratically and a parent accused him of assault, according to a police repo view article

A Denton ISD school bus driver is on leave after several people reported he was driving erratically on Tuesday, putting children in danger. The incident occurred on Crestmeadow Street near West Windsor Drive. view article

A Denton ISD bus driver was suspended after an incident this week involving a bus full of kids. Parents and neighbors say he was driving erratically and purposely slamming on the brakes while kids were on the bus. Denton police and Denton ISD say they each have their own investigations going on right now. The driver is on administrative leave during the investigations. The mother involved did record her interaction with the bus driver and shared it with FOX 4. view article

The Republican Party of Texas platform calls on the Texas Legislature to “abolish existing toll roads and prohibit future construction.”  Opposition is mounting against a plan by the Texas Department of Transportation to purchase a Houston-area toll road from a private developer while maintaining tolls for Texans.  The plan involves terminating an existing agreement this October, spending $1.7 billion to acquire the already-built toll lanes on Highway 288, and assuming management and operations.  These toll lanes were originally part of a public-private partnership with Blueridge Transportation Group, set to last 50 years. However, last month, the Texas Transportation Commission, which oversees TxDOT, voted to move forward with a buyout of the toll road. Although TxDOT has stated that tolling practices will not change in the short term, they anticipate that “future toll rates will be significantly less than what is allowed under the current concession agreement.” view article

During the hottest day of the year, some students in Hutto are dealing with no air conditioning on their school buses. On Wednesday, school buses were being repaired by subcontractors at the district's transportation facility, where bus drivers were given ice chests and cold water for drivers and students alike, according to Hutto ISD Interim Superintendent Cara Malone. view article

Fabens Independent School District said it is investigating an incident on one of its school buses, according to a statement sent out by the district Tuesday evening, Aug. 21. A community group, called Make Fabens Better, posted a video taken near a Fabens school bus that appears to show a student possibly being hit with small sticks or pencils. It is unclear from the video if the other people on the bus are students or adults. view article

It's now day 2 of being back in the classroom for students and staff at Cy-Fair ISD, the third largest school district in Texas. The question: Would drop-off and pickup lines be any better on Tuesday after we received multiple emails from parents frustrated with the district's new transportation plan? view article

Monday is the first day of school for more than 118,000 students in the Houston area's second-largest district, Cy-Fair ISD. Due to dozens of bus route cuts, many families have had to make changes to find a new way to get their kids to school. Transportation for most students is not a required service for a public school districts, but there's no question that since it's been offered, parents have come to rely on it, making this change tough for many families. view article

A routine bus drop off route from James L. Burrell elementary in the Belton Independent School District was delayed by more than an hour on Aug. 15, leaving students screaming and shocked parents demanding to know why the driver refused to let students exit the school bus. Several parents told KWTX they were forced to intervene when the bus driver failed to drop students off at their homes and refused to let them get off until the last stop. view article

Most parents getting ready for the new school year may be worried about the first day of school for several reasons from making sure their child has all of the necessary school supplies, school clothes and making sure they go to bed at a decent hour for the first day. However, many parents in Cy-Fair that depend on the bus to get their kids to and from school, say their biggest worry is safety for their children. view article

Cy-Fair ISD heads back to class on Monday and this year, more students will have to find a different way to get to school, because they can’t take the bus. The district cut 79 bus routes to make up for a budget shortfall. Under the new policy, most elementary school students who live less than a mile from their school won’t get transportation. view article

A severe budget deficit has caused Cypress-Fairbanks ISD (CFISD) to eliminate 79 bus routes for the 2024-2025 school year. The Board of Trustees confirmed the changes during their June 2024 meeting. According to the school district, the change to bus route service affects approximately 33,000 students. view article

Hailey Scott, the daughter of an Austin school district teacher, had long entertained the idea of becoming an educator, but her path to that end hasn’t led her down a traditional certification model. She earned a degree in Black studies at the University of Texas and began coaching cheerleading, but when the opportunity came to join the Austin school district as an uncertified teacher and gain her teaching credentials along the way, she decided to go for it. A recent Texas Tech University study found that 41% of first-time, newly hired teachers in the 17-county region that includes Travis, Williamson, Hays and Bastrop counties, didn’t have a teaching certification. However, officials at many Austin area school districts noted they’d turned in recent years to hiring teachers through local certification tracks, as part of an effort to recruit interested, excited educators into training during a time when traditional pathways have yielded fewer applicants. view article

About 700 students did not receive their bus route information before the first day of school Monday. HISD scaled back bus routes leading up to its second year under state-appointed leadership and is expanding Superintendent Mike Miles’ New Education System (NES) from 85 schools to 130. view article

Things will look different as Houston-area students return to school this year. With local districts facing more than $850 million in budget shortfalls, districts are making substantial cuts to staffing and services, and Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District's Board of Trustees heard about it from parents Monday night. view article

With just a week until school starts at Cy-Fair ISD, parents are scrambling to figure out what to do after the school district slashed dozens of bus routes. Many of those parents took their concerns to the school board Monday night with members expressing frustration in how parents found out. Many of the parents found out their child wouldn’t have a bus ride to school less than three weeks before the first day of classes. The district says it is all because of a budget deficit. view article