LCS Celebrates National School Bus Safety Week ( October 17 - 21, 2022)
For Immediate Release
LCS is pleased to announce, LTC (Ret) Gregory H. Sutton is the new Director of Transportation at Lexington City Schools. He assumed his new position on August 1, 2022. Mr. Sutton holds a wealth of knowledge having obtained his Masters Degree in Transportation and Business Logistics from Wilmington University. In addition, he has over 40 years of experience in transportation and logistics. Although the focus is always on safety when transporting our "Precious Cargo," under Mr. Sutton’s guidance, LCS used National School Bus Safety Week, to bring special emphasis to the importance that safety plays in pupil transportation. To that end, throughout this week school bus evacuation drills were conducted. School buses are one of the safest modes of transportation. However it is important to note that passing a school bus poses a significant threat to children and their caregivers and can sometimes be deadly. Each day during the school year in North Carolina, an estimated 3,100 vehicles illegally pass a stopped school bus.In conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week, the North Carolina State Police Highway Patrol conducted Operation Stop Arm week. Operation Stop Arm is an initiative to aggressively enforce stop arms and other traffic violations in and around schools and school bus stops to assist in keeping our students safe. We, here at LCS, are extremely grateful to our entire community for doing their part to keep our students safe by following traffic laws and watching out for our young, future leaders.
