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News 01

The City of Fayetteville is making a special effort to recognize its bus drivers, ahead of the newly proclaimed Transit Driver Appreciation Day, happening Saturday. As part of the event, the city is celebrating its longest serving driver on the force. That driver is Sherry Christian. Christian has been a driver for 25 years. The Fayetteville native believes driving a school bus allows her to give back to her community. She says that the best part of the job is watching the children who ride her bus grow up. Transit Driver Appreciation Day has been celebrated across the country as far back as 2009. However, this week, the City of Fayetteville issued a proclamation for the day to take place March 18th. Officials said they want bus drivers to know how important they are to Fayetteville, serving almost 1.6 million riders a year.

Q01. What do we learn about Sherry Christian?
Q02. What did city officials of Fayetteville want bus drivers to be aware of?

News 02

The Wilton School Board has proposed a 5.99% spending increase. If approved, it would be the largest jump in at least eight budget cycles. The 5.99% request more than doubles the highest previous year-over-year increase in the last eight years, which was 2.99% for the 2021 to 2022 school year. The biggest driver of the 91.8 million proposed budget remains teachers salaries. These account for 64% of the total request at 59 million dollars. The 59 million dollars is up from the 56.7 million dollars budgeted for the current school year. There are some factors that could affect the budget moving forward. One of those is total enrollment. The district will have a total enrollment of 3,742 students. Almost all of these students will be in kindergarten through high school, but 66 will be in prekindergarten and other programs. This represents 47 fewer students than the current year. Fewer students mean less federal and state funding.

Q03. What does the news report say the Wilton School Board has done?
Q04. What will a decline in the total enrollment lead to?

News 03

A rare thundersnow event has taken place in Scotland. And alarmed locals contacted police, thinking they had heard bombs going off. The phenomenon happens when thunder and lightning mix with a heavy snowstorm, sometimes causing loud claps that can be confused with explosions. One person described it as a loud boom, similar to a plane crash. Another person was woken up in the middle of the night by what he thought was early construction work starting. The noise was powerful enough to shake buildings and set off car alarms. The police were flooded with many calls from the public. And they sent out a message asking people to remain calm. The police assured everyone that it was just thunder and lightning rather than some military exercise. The weather was the coldest it had been for the season, so people were warned to be careful when traveling outside. In particular, dangerous conditions such as icy roads or wet ground could cause difficulty for drivers. The rail service also announced potential disruptions to trains due to the deep snow. Some roads were also closed because of the severe weather.

Q05. What do we learn about thundersnows from the report?
Q06. What did the police do when they received the local residents’ phone calls?
Q07. What were people advised to do when traveling outside?

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