Thursday, December 13, 2012

Should School Buses Have Advertisements?

Big advertisements on city buses are nothing new.  But lately, ads have been popping up on school buses too.  Nine states allow schools to put ads on the outside of their buses.  Several others may soon do the same.  Some districts also allow ads inside buses.  Businesses pay school districts to run the ads.  That extra money can help pay teachers, buy books, and help keep the buses running.  Many districts are careful to avoid using ads for things like junk food. Some people argue that it doesn't matter what the ads are selling - they don't belong on buses.  They say the school bus is one of the few places most kids get a break from advertising.  Other say it's a safety issue, because buses covered with ads could distract drivers.  What do YOU think?

~ Scholastic News

20 comments:

Jason Bui said...

I think that its a good thing for ads to be on school buses because its helps the company and it dosent do anything to the bus.

Janna said...

I think it's an okay idea because schools can use the extra money to fund stuff instead of having a lot of fundraisers so yea. But if the ads are a safety issue then i don't want to be on a bus that might have a distracted driver.

Jonah said...

I think that's a good idea to have ads on buses because on weekdays you see them every where in the morning and parents or adults go to work in the morning.

ana said...

I think that there should be Ads on School Buses if it helps pay the teachers and also help keep everything running at school.

Maysen Baker said...

No because if you are looking at the advertisements while driving the you might rear end someone or get into a really bad accident. So I think the should not have advertisements on buses I think the can just be plain old buses

cruz said...

It would be smart to let businesses put ads inside our buses because kids cant go to the store by there self and buy the products that businesses are advertising.Plus the distric will get extra money for new technology and fun activities.

Liam Wilcox said...

I think they should have school ads on school busses because kids need to know about life when they grow up and how you need to go to good schools and stuff.

jericho said...

I think it is not okay to put ads on buses because people who are driving are distracted and they are not focusing on the road.Drivers cant stop in the middle of the road to look at a ad.

amandeep said...

I think they should put ads up on the buses so when you are just sitting and looking around you can see some ads

Theresa said...

I think that it is a good idea to be putting ads on buses because the school the bus is working for can have more money for education.
I don't think its much of a safety issue because the ads on buses are usually short so one look at it and your done reading. I also think ads are a good idea because the ad could get more people to but what they're advertising. In coclusion I think that putting ads on buses is a good idea becuase it can raise money for the school's education and get more people to buy stuff.

Philicyanna said...

I think it would be good to have advertisements on the bus because then then that company would get more and more people buying their stuff.

Winni said...

Ithink that they should let ads on the buses could it would help schools get new things.

saif said...

i think it is a bad idea because kids see these ads and then instead of talking about subjects and listening their talking about the ads on the bus.

Zaliah said...

i think that they should not have ads on the school buses because that is taking away money from the school and than there will not be as many stuff as there is right know

Bryan said...

I think they should have ads on school buses because it can help advertise buisnesses and some people can also see them while they're driving to work also teachers can see it to.

Angelina said...

Well I think yes and no. I think yes because than the school that's advertizing the business might make some more money. I also think no because when kids go to school they probably don't want to see a bunch of ads on the bus that they take because it's kind of embarassing.

kevonnie said...

I think it woud be a bad idea cause people can get distracted and probaly crash.

yakub said...

I think it good idea cause it help the school raise money for field trips

Megann W. said...

I agree with this because this can help pay the teachers and staff and also supplies for kids and also in the classes.

Hunter B. Smith said...

its a very good idea i dont know why its getting questioned but it is very smart, when they go slow and even when they go by you could look at them and say wow thats cool and call the business up that has the add and the business could get money.