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News Briefs
5/16/2012 8:18:36 AM
A trio of buses in the Central Valley School District are now equipped with cameras as part of a pilot program to improve safety conditions on local roads. The cameras - two on each bus - will take pictures of vehicles that fail to halt when a bus stops to let students on or off at designated points along each route.
To this point, bus drivers have taken down information on motorists who pass when buses are stopped and forwarded the information to law enforcement. A traffic ticket for such a violation runs $349 in Spokane County. While the test period for the new cameras will not include tickets, drivers will still follow a similar protocol for vehicles that fail to stop.
CVSD is testing the Redflex Student Guardian System on a free trial basis until the end of the school year. The district's Board of Directors will make a decision on continuing the program after hearing a report on the test phase.
Central Valley students honored as Spokane Scholars
A total of seven students in the Central Valley School District walked away with honors courtesy of the Spokane Scholars program last month. CVSD scholars accounted for $18,000 of the $60,000 in college grants at the 20th annual Spokane Scholars Foundation banquet on April 23.
Central Valley honorees included Central Valley senior Andrew Schutts of Liberty Lake, awarded first place in the social studies category. Other CVSD recipients included Andrew Croneberger of Liberty Lake (third in Fine Arts), David Ross (first in English), Natasha Saric (fourth in world languages) and Alexander White (fourth in mathematics).
Candidates have until Friday to file
Candidates wishing to file for federal, state, local partisan offices and judicial offices have until Friday, May, 18, according to the Spokane County Elections Office. A list of the offices, filing fees, and locations to file for 2012 is available at www.spokanecounty.org/elections.
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Candidates can file in person at the Spokane County Elections Office located at 1033 W. Gardner Ave. beginning through Friday at 4 p.m. Candidates will also be able to file online at www.spokanecounty.org\elections until 4 p.m. on Friday.
Spokane County Treasurer and Liberty Lake resident Rob Chase filed for the office of Spokane County Commissioner on Monday.