LITTLE ROCK — Sheridan School District bus No. 46 sported a jaunty Christmas wreath on its front grille as driver Vera Launius steered the growling yellow monster over the narrow, curvy, patched and often unpaved roads of southeast Grant County.

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Inside the bus, about 30 students - from the youngest of elementary pupils to high schoolers - were settled in for a bus ride of up to 90 minutes ending on Garden Seed Road near the unincorporated community of Grapevine.

A typical rural Arkansas school bus ride?

No. Not anymore.

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This article was published Thursday, December 27, 2007.

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