Watch out for buses and kids, says states first lady

Sandra Deal in town to promote safety

Bulloch County Schools Superintendent Charles Wilson, far left, chats with Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal and Georgia Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood before hosting a press conference Tuesday at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School to promote initiatives for school bus safety. Several of the system's drivers/children's trainers were in attendance.

W 081616 BUS SAFETY 01 — Bulloch County Schools Superintendent Charles Wilson, far left, chats with Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal and Georgia Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood before hosting a press conference Tuesday at Julia P. Bryant Elementary School to promote initiatives for school bus safety. Several of the system's drivers/children's trainers were in attendance.

With about 2 million children riding school buses annually, Georgia has gone two years now without a student fatality in a bus accident. First lady Sandra Deal and Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood are campaigning to make this a third consecutive fatality-free school year. Deal, the wife of Gov.

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