NY CDL School Bus case studies
NY CDL School Bus · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New York CDL School Bus endorsement (often written as the S endorsement) is the credential a driver needs to operate a school bus in New York State. It is built on top of a Commercial Driver License, so candidates generally already hold or are working toward a CDL and then add the school bus-specific knowledge and skills. The NY CDL School Bus case studies are 5 cases and about 3,646 words.
1The Count That Doesn't Add Up
you pull into Kennedy Middle School in the 48-passenger bus you have driven since 6:40. The route sheet lists 22 riders; your last count in the mirror before the school driveway was 21.
736 words, about 4 min2Backing to the Band Dock at 24 Degrees
the dash thermometer reads 24°F and freezing drizzle is starting to glaze your mirrors. You drive a 40-foot conventional bus and must pick up 12 band students and roughly 30 instruments from the rear loading dock of the middle school.
719 words, about 4 min3Stalled on the Second Track
you are carrying 34 students home on a rural two-lane road. The crossing ahead has crossbuck signs and a stop line but no gates.
733 words, about 4 min4A Frayed Strap on a Field Trip Morning
and the fourth grade field-trip bus is loaded: 42 students, four teachers, two coolers, three trombone cases, and an 11-year-old named Marcus in a manual wheelchair with its own lap belt, secured at the front. You are doing your final check when you find that one of the four tie-down straps holding Marcus's chair has a quarter-inch cut across the webbing, with broken fibers visible, and one of the buckle's release tabs is missing.
736 words, about 4 min5Five Students, Forty-Five Miles an Hour
you stop on a two-lane road posted 45 mph to let five students off at an unmarked stop. The right shoulder is a muddy 3 feet wide, so you stop with the bus fully in the travel lane and the 8-way lights flashing.
722 words, about 4 min