As a valued member of the Highlands County School District Community, we thank you for taking the proper measures for keeping our students and community safe during the school year and all year round. Below we'd like to share with you things that you can do to help prevent accidents, injuries and become a safer driver while sharing the roads and highways with our school buses.

In a 180-day school year, it is estimated that there are almost two million illegal “passes” of Florida school buses, each representing the possibility of tragic injuries or fatalities to students.

Florida Motor Vehicle Laws require that motorists stop upon approaching any school bus which displays its flashing red lights and has its stop signs extended.