Krug's Bus Service

As a school bus driver, I would like to explain something.
My job is to transport your child from point A to point B safely, on time and ready to learn.
That is all.
What do I mean when I say safely? Let me explain. Safely means I pre-trip my bus daily to ensure it is running properly and that it hasn’t been tampered with. Safely means my eyes are constantly scanning all 7 mirrors, blind spots, and the road in front of me.
I’m NOT a babysitter.
I’m NOT a mediator.
I'm a BUS DRIVER.
I would absolutely love to be able to watch and hear each and every little thing that goes on in the 40 feet of school bus behind me, but while I’m watching Johnny jump across the seat, I just missed a car pull out in front of me. And oops, while I’m yelling at Susie to keep her hands to herself, the light changed and now I’m slamming the brakes to stop in time at the intersection. And what’s that? Now Joey has a nose bleed? And now someone dumped all of Katie’s stuff out of her bookbag, and “bus driver, Bobby is flicking me”, and “bus driver, Lily said she doesn’t like me anymore”, and what’s that? While I'm looking in the mirror behind me reprimanding your perfect children, a car just ran my reds and Sally almost got run over!
It’s Never Ending to us...
And that doesn't even include the way the children speak to us. I'm pretty certain they don't speak to other school faculty like that. And certainly don't speak to their parents the way they speak to us.
So please, parents, tell me ... where do you want me to look? Behind me? In front of me?
Would you prefer I pull over each and everytime someone yells “bus driver”? Because then YOU will complain that the bus is never on time, and trust me if I did pull over everytime, we wouldn’t even make it out of the school parking lot before I'd have to stop. Incase you didn’t know, your children are not perfect...no one is.
Would you rather I continue down the road watching what’s going on BEHIND me more than what’s going on with other vehicles on the road around me? Because I can assure you, if I’m not scanning every angle around the bus, there WILL be an accident, and then I will again be to blame, because I should’ve been paying attention to the road.
Now, on top of that, we see your children for less than 30 minutes a day, in most cases. Please teach your child to respect the bus driver, and to behave themselves when riding the bus...because we want to return them to you, SAFELY.

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Binder, chrome book, empty chromebook case and backpack. Stop in and pick up if they belong to your child.

what is wrong with these pictures and yes the bus is stopped with the red lights on and stop arm out? Thankfully the kids that used to cross to dads shop weren't on.

Emmett made Luke's day

Black River Falls in February. 30 spots available

Update: last night one bus driver had a repeat offender who got a ticket in Nov and ran the reds again. People don't learn even then.

The stack on the left are illegal passing from 2016 to May 2023. The one on the right is from this school year alone.

And this is why people need to pay attention when driving.... where you're going in a hurry won't be as important when you're in a jail cell.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/8-year-girl-dies-after-hit-car-boarding/story?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&id=106936107&fbclid=IwAR3ffBBNtQsWlFoCLr6U-HDHgk551wF_uk8RNfg644BiWcabXSmtgjjvMRM

8-year-old girl fatally struck by vehicle while boarding her school bus An elementary school student in Henry County, Georgia died after being struck by a car while boarding her school bus.

https://www.waow.com/news/top-stories/medford-bus-drivers-have-installed-dash-cams-due-to-unsafe-driving/article_87d095bc-c22a-11ee-bcfd-a705b9586936.html?fbclid=IwAR2CoKF_u11dmf9KaEDR48iV1jmCoBLkTZOgqDOw6EazgP_wNry5HJZV_kg

Medford bus drivers have installed dash cams due to unsafe driving ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WAOW) -- When the school bus arms come out drivers on the road are supposed to stop, but Medford bus drivers say that's not the case.

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4th day of countdown

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Our countdown to Christmas

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lost & found, we have a pair of shoes, someone's invisalign & case, coats, hats, hoodies, water bottles, pair of mittens, lunchboxes, etc

Written by a driver from another company.

As a school bus driver, I would like to explain something.
My job is to transport your child from point A to point B safely, on time and ready to learn.
That is all.
What do I mean when I say safely?
Let me explain.
Safely means I pre-trip my bus daily to ensure it is running properly and that it hasn’t been tampered with.
Safely means my eyes are constantly scanning all 7 mirrors, blind spots, and the road in front of me, behind me and to both sides of me.
I’m NOT a babysitter.
I’m NOT a mediator.
I'm a BUS DRIVER.
I would absolutely love to be able to watch and hear each and every little thing that goes on in the 40 feet of school bus behind me, but while I’m watching Johnny jump across the seat, I just missed a car pull out in front of me. And eekkkk, while I’m yelling at Susie to keep her hands to herself, the light changed and now I’m slamming the brakes to stop in time at the intersection. Uh oh! Now Joey has a nose bleed? And now someone dumped all of Katie’s stuff out of her bookbag, and “Bus driver, Bobby is flicking me”, and “Bus driver, Lily said she doesn’t like me anymore”, and what’s that? While I'm looking in the mirror behind me reprimanding your perfect children, a car just ran my reds and Sally was almost run over!
It’s Never Ending to us...
And that doesn't even include the way the children speak to us. I'm pretty certain they don't speak to other school faculty like that. And certainly don't speak to their parents the way they speak to us...
So please, parents, tell me...where do you want me to look?
Behind me?
In front of me?
Would you prefer I pull over each and everytime someone yells “bus driver”? Because then YOU will complain that the bus is never on time, and trust me if I did pull over everytime, we wouldn’t even make it out of the school parking lot before I'd have to stop.
Incase you didn’t know, your children are not perfect...no one is.
Would you rather I continue down the road watching what’s going on BEHIND me more than what’s going on with other vehicles on the road around me? Because I can assure you, if I’m not scanning every angle around the bus, there WILL be an accident, and then I will again be to blame, because I should’ve been paying attention to the road. Now, on top of that, we see your children for less than 30 minutes a day, in most cases.
Please teach your child to respect the bus driver, and to behave themselves when riding the bus...because we want to return them to you, SAFELY.

We do enjoy the job most of the time.

3 days into the school year and 3 illegal passing of the red lights. That doesn't count the ones that we as drivers let go for certain reasons. Wake up people. Ignorance amd excuses will never bring back a kids life.

We could definitely use 2 more busdrivers for routes and trips.

School bus drivers are needed for the upcoming school year. Come in over the summer to train and test for your license.
Without bus drivers, students cannot be transported to and from school. At this time, we do not have enough drivers to cover the morning and afternoon bus routes or the many extra curricular trips the Medford district has on their schedule. Help us to continue to provide this crucial service to our community. If you like to drive, enjoy children and want to make some extra money, give me a call soon. We provide training and testing! 715-965-5696

The drivers collected for Christmas again and donated over $200 to the Taylor County Giving Tree along with getting Bruce and Barb gift certificates. We really do have an AWESOME crew no matter what some may think.

Without bus drivers, rolling into the school year creates challenges for Krugs Krug's has a critical bus driver shortage.

School bus drivers are desperately needed for this upcoming school year. Without bus drivers, students cannot be transported to and from school. At this time, we do not have enough drivers to cover the morning and afternoon bus routes or the many extra curricular trips the Medford district has scheduled. Help us to continue to provide this crucial service to our community. If you like to drive, enjoy children and want to make some extra money, give me a call soon. We provide training and testing! 715-965-5696