This is all part of a larger emphasis, here in New Jersey, on school safety. We chose this school because we were looking for a typical slightly urban school to launch the system.

Every school district has training in place for bus drivers. Every school district has guidelines for safety on buses. The coaches take care of the kids, and the drivers take care of the road. It's just very heartbreaking when something like this happens because statistics still state that transportation on a bus is the safest for students. Our hearts go out to their families.

Major Whiting wanted us to do this before school started, both for safety and to send a message.

One more report on school violence and one more conference on school safety won't make a single American school safer.

At all times, we consider student safety. As soon as the call is made, we immediately contact media sources, school staff and parochial and private schools.

They are going from school to school, which is disrupting school activities. We have a safety issue present today that wasn't as present in the last few days.