The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1983 Page: 4 of 8
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By ANA BARERRA
Staff Writer
Dennis Casey, Alpine senior and
secondary education major, watches
the sunrise almost every day as he
makes his way to small communities
around Denton to pick up school-
bound children.
Casey is one of 44 NT students who
wakes up between 6 and 7 a.m. ev-
ery morning to drive a school bus for
the Denton Independent School
District.
MOST OF THE CHILDREN on
Casey’s route are still sleepy at 7 a.m.,
and the bus, except for the rattling
noises it makes as it travels over
bumpy country roads, is quiet.
The fact that his route takes him
into the country every day is what
Casey said he likes most.
“My first hour on the bus is peace-
ful,” he said.
“It’s so quiet that I’ve got all that
time to thin!: about whatever I want.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I don’t
think about driving, but just that I have
fewer things to worry about.”
After picking up the first four chil-
dren on his route, Casey turns back
onto the main road, only to turn onto
another dirt road a few miles away.
A brown mutt meets the bus at the
turn off and races it to a bend in the
road. "I usually have to speed up and
beat it to the bend in the road or he’ll
keep racing me," Casey said.
DRIVING A BUS, however, does
not only involve picking up children
at designated locations. Casey does
an inspection check on his bus every
day before he begins his two-hour
route.
He checks the air pressure in the
tires, the oil and water levels and the
battery and the lighting systems to en-
sure that it is in good shape to pick
up and deliver the children
The gas gauge must indicate the
gasoline tank is more than hallway
full. If it doesn’t, he fills it before he
begins the route.
“The most important things to check
are the yellow and red dashers that
come on when I’m loading or un-
loading,” Casey said.
THE LIGHTS LET motorists
know they must come to a complete
stop, either behind or in front of the
bus. while the children are entering
or leaving the bus.
Casey transports what he calls 75
“pretty well-disciplined children.”
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The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 28, 1983, newspaper, April 28, 1983; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth723552/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.