The Super School Bus System

School consolidation refers to    ____.

• people who work in the school district who help run the school bus system

• a process in which several smaller schools combine into one larger school

• the way taxes are used to support and finance the school bus system

• a change in the school bus system whereby all students have access to transportation to school

What do the authors want to most emphasize about school bus safety?

• We can expect to see additional safety upgrades in the school bus system as technology advances.

• In most states, safety belts are not required on school buses, though a few have passed bus safety-belt laws.

• School buses have a number of built-in safety features, such as emergency exits

• The American public school bus system is the safest transportation for students.

In the 1970s and 1980s, schools worked together to _____________ .

• find a way to fund the school bus system so it could continue to grow

• pass a law that that made it illegal for students of different races to go to different schools

• bus black students to white schools and vice versa

• make sure there were enough buses to get all students to school

Which of the following is an opinion?

• As populations expanded and technology advanced, horse- drawn wagons gave way.

• If given the option, every student should ride a school bus to and from school.

• American public schools began organizing mass transportation for their students long before the modern school bus existed.

• The American school bus system is enormous for several reasons.

When an area is sparsely populated, it                    .

• does not have many people living there.

• has schools that join to form a consolidated district.

• has a law to ensure that every student is able to get to school.

• has too many students for the school bus system to handle.

What is the purpose of the section “Yellow Buses Go Green”?

• to inform readers about groups of people who want school buses to be painted green rather than yellow.

• to inform readers about the push to make school buses more environmentally friendly.

• to persuade readers to only ride school buses that are electric-powered.

• to persuade readers to stop using private cars to get to school and take only environmentally friendly school buses.

Which of the following statements by the authors shows that they want to persuade the reader that learning about the school bus system is worthwhile?

• Many districts offer bus service to any student who lives more than two miles from school.

• Few people ever stop to think about how the school bus system works. Yet the school bus system is one of the most important and complex transportation systems in the country.

• Individual states sometimes give school transportation funds that are used for busing.

• School buses travel on all kinds of roadways, from interstate highways to unpaved rural lanes.

What is the basic principle of the American public school system?

• Students should be seen and not heard.

• Everybody deserves the opportunity for an education.

• Students who can’t ride the bus must find their own way to school.

• Everyone is required to go to a public school.

Why was the yellow color adopted for modern school buses?

• School districts wanted them to look different from other kinds of buses.

• Yellow was the cheapest color of paint, and the school districts wanted to save money.

• Educators and parents wanted them to stand out for safety purposes.

• Students were given the chance to vote on the color, and they chose yellow.

Integration is        _________           .

• a process that allows all races to have come together and gain equal access

• a process that passes new laws about school bus safety

• a process that keeps groups of people apart based on differences such as race

• a process that moves large numbers of people from one place to another