General Assembly Delegates to discuss, vote on, School bus cameras, Monday Jan 22nd 12 noon. Streaming

 Montgomery County House Delegation Land Use, Transportation, and Public Safety Committee Meeting

January 22, 2024

12:00 p.m. via Zoom

Livestreamed on the Delegation's YouTube page

AGENDA

Work and Possible Voting Session:

MC 6-24 Montgomery County – School Bus Monitoring Cameras – Distribution of Fines

Requested by Delegates Moon, Charkoudian, and Wilkins

MC 11-24 Montgomery County – Speed Monitoring Systems – Maryland Route 200 (Intercounty Connector)

Requested by Senators Kramer and Zucker and Delegates Cullison, Crutchfield, and Stewart

Board of Education to Meet with Planning Board to Discuss Artificial Turf, Pedestrian Safety, Boundary Analysis #OffCamera #OpenMeeting

This is an Open Meeting of these two public bodies, however, the meeting will not be videotaped or live streamed.  The public is welcome to attend and film the meeting.  

Lunch will be served and paid for by taxpayers, but the public will not be permitted to eat the food. 

Montgomery County Planning Board Agenda at this link.

Agenda for Board of Education and Planning Board luncheon is below.

Montgomery County Public Schools bus hits, critically injures young child in Bethesda

https://wjla.com/news/local/child-struck-by-school-bus-bethesda-critical-injuries?fbclid=IwAR00Qb4FJd7t3_eDSC3oCIe34r0ywlvYpE_HdwdMGcq-kNZsL8XSRHzS4h0

MCPS bus attendant faces charges after deadly hit-and-run, police say #Onleave #NotFired

MANASSAS, Va. (FOX 5 DC) - A bus attendant with Montgomery County Public Schools was arrested and charged after police say he struck and killed a woman with his vehicle in Manassas over the weekend.

Police say 29-year-old Muhammad Taha is facing second degree murder and hit and run charges after they say he intentionally struck 66-year-old Shamsa Begum on Sunday around 5:30 p.m. on Cloverhill Road.

Authorities say Taha fled and was later located and arrested by Prince William County Police at a 7-Eleven store on Dumfries Road. Begum was hospitalized in critical condition but later died from her injuries...

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/montgomery-county-public-schools-bus-attendant-faces-charges-after-deadly-hit-and-run-police-say?fbclid=IwAR0r2wSTDt5pzM_vwxNyQcXySSb3xvktnDGRxNbXmUzzSkYv8Wi0vOmzhK8

MCPS Bus Driver Takes Child with Autism to Baltimore Instead of Delivering to Bus Stop in Silver Spring

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/bus-mishap-lands-dc-area-child-with-autism-in-baltimore/2018/12/13/3b253c12-fedb-11e8-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?utm_term=.793e0f795452

Bus driver mistakenly takes Rockville student with special needs to Baltimore

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. -- Montgomery Co. officials say a student with special needs from Montgomery Co. public schools ended up in Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon after a major mishap.

According to police, the Rockville High School student boarded his bus between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to be dropped off at his home in Silver Spring. However, for unknown reasons, the student never got off at his stop and the bus driver and bus aides continued their normal route to Baltimore where it usually drops off another student...

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/bus-driver-mistakenly-takes-rockville-student-with-special-needs-to-baltimore/65-623256082

Superintendent Smith to Address Recent Arrest of Special Education Bus Driver August 22nd at 7 PM

Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Carver Educational Services Center (CESC)
850 Hungerford Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

The meeting will be in the CESC auditorium, from 7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m. 

       •      Spanish and Sign Language interpretation is available

•      If you require other interpreting services, contact Jennifer_R_Strouble@mcpsmd. org

Special-needs student made drawing after bus driver allegedly molested her: ‘Tears coming from her eyes’

A longtime Montgomery County bus driver fondled a 12-year-old special needs student while the bus was stopped, detectives said in court records filed Monday, describing a case they put together in part after seeing a drawing the girl sketched after the alleged assault.

“Victim A then drew a picture of her and her bus driver,” the detectives wrote. “And in this picture, Victim A’s drawing of herself has tears coming from her eyes, and she stated that she was crying.”

The suspect, Etienne K. Kabongo, 62, of Gaithersburg, was arrested Sunday and charged with sex abuse of a minor, second-degree rape and third-degree sex offense...

...Known to some students as “Mr. Steve,” Kabongo had worked for the school system since 2006 and primarily drove students receiving special education services, Smith said. Kabongo has been placed on leave...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/special-needs-student-made-drawing-after-bus-driver-allegedly-molested-her-tears-coming-from-her-eyes/2018/08/06/6b183532-99a0-11e8-843b-36e177f3081c_story.html?utm_term=.4f93e4b2a5db

Montgomery Co. school bus driver charged with raping 12-year-old girl with special needs

"Not all Montgomery County school buses have cameras on board..."

Montgomery Co. bus driver charged with second-degree rape after sexually assaulting girl, police say

...Police said Kabongo assaulted the girl after an attendant left the bus to help drop off another student. A school bus camera captured video of the assault, police said.

In addition to the rape charge, Kabongo has been charged with third-degree sexual offense and the sexual abuse of a minor.

Kabongo was in court Monday and was ordered held without bond...

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2018/08/montgomery-co-bus-driver-charged-with-second-degree-rape-after-sexually-assaulting-girl-police-say/

MCPS school bus driver has been sentenced to 11 months in prison for inappropriately touching 11-year-old girls on his bus

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Bus-Driver-Sentenced-to-11-Months-for-Touching-Girls_Washington-DC-480183023.html

Pedestrian Struck by MCPS School Bus on Ridge Road

A Montgomery County Public Schools bus was involved in a pedestrian collision Tuesday afternoon which sent one woman to the hospital and closed northbound Rt. 27 for most of the evening rush hour.

   Shortly before 3:10 pm Montgomery County Fire Rescue and police units responded to the intersection of Ridge Road/Rt. 27 and Observation Drive in Germantown for the report of a woman who had been struck by a school bus...

https://www.germantownpulse.net/single-post/2018/04/11/Pedestrian-Struck-by-MCPS-School-Bus-on-Ridge-Road

ABC7: Parents sue MCPS after school bus hits their 2nd grade son

http://wjla.com/news/local/parents-suing-mcps-after-son-left-at-wrong-bus-stop-twice-run-over-by-bus-in-1-incident

MoCo Fire & Rescue: MCPS Bus Appears to Have Slipped on Icy Street this AM

WMAL: School Bus with Students Crashes on way to Whitman HS

A @MCPS school bus has crashed with students aboard on River Rd: https://t.co/yumZ9blb3C pic.twitter.com/FNBFB8VI8b

— WMAL News (@wmalnews) May 3, 2017

http://www.wmal.com/2017/05/03/school-bus-with-students-crashes-on-its-way-to-whitman-high/

Collision Involving School Bus in Wheaton at Connecticut and Randolph

http://www.mymcmedia.org/collision-involving-school-bus-in-wheaton-at-connecticut-and-randolph-photo/

MCPS Bus Slides Off Icy Road in Rockville

A Montgomery County school bus slid off an icy road in Rockville, Maryland, Tuesday morning. 

Police say the accident happened on Avery Road near Norbeck Road at 7:30 a.m. 

No one was injured when the bus slid into a guardrail along the icy road. The bus did suffer some damage, according to police...

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/School-Bus-Slides-Off-Icy-Road-in-Rockville-367336161.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand

MCPS Bus Fire on Wed.: Traffic delays - seven miles

...The incident happened Wednesday morning on the outer loop of Interstate 495 near the Connecticut Avenue exit. Authorities said three lanes are getting by but the right side of the roadway is blocked. Traffic delays are mounting and are at seven miles. Drivers are advised to avoid the area...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/10/14/minor-school-bus-fire-on-capital-beltway-in-montgomery-county/

Another MCPS Bus Fire #495 #WestlandMiddleSchool

Students evacuated to side of Beltway/495

Traffic advisory - OL I495 near Conn Av , 3 lanes get by to left, right side blocked, minor school bus fire is out pic.twitter.com/MfGikJLcvI

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 14, 2015

Another MCPS Bus Catches Fire, Significant Damage, No Injuries Reported

(720a) Georgia Av & Shorefield Rd, school bus 75% fire involved upon #mcfrs arrival, no injuries, Georgia Av BLOCKED pic.twitter.com/82bCy7Wi2O

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) October 2, 2015