Peaceful Schoolbus In The News:

The rules of the road: No bullying allowed
By Gregory A. Patterson
Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 21

...They followed bus driver Frank Zerwas into Forest Lake Elementary School, down the hall and into the band room for a special session of the Peaceful School Bus program -- the latest initiative of Forest Lake School District to halt bullying and improve bus safety.
Forest Lake is the first metro-area district to adopt the program, but bullying is a concern for all schools.
...The program Dillon began 10 years ago because he was spending too much time investigating bullying complaints was noticed by Hazelden, which asked Dillon to develop and write a full-fledged program. Hazelden began publishing the program earlier this year and has so far sold about 1,000 copies to schools.
"We have a bullying program at Hazelden because we know that all the risk factors related to young people are interrelated," said Marty Harding, director of training and consultation at Hazelden's publishing wing. "We also know there is a connection between kids who bully and alcohol and other drug use," she said. Read more..

On November 5th, Roessleville students, teachers, staff members and bus drivers all participated in the first meeting of the Peaceful Bus Program, modeled after the program Lynnwood Elementary Principal, Jim Dillon developed.

The Peaceful Bus Program is a school wide program designed to: