【新唐人2011年12月24日讯】云南丘北县满载学生的一辆马车与货车相撞，导致2人死亡23人受伤。这起马车当“校车”引发的重大车祸，有家长说，学生入学时，校方曾要求他们签署一份协议书，如不按规定，出现事故时校方不负责，这份如同免责协议，将学生的安全全部推给家长。
距离云南丘北县城16公里的“猫猫冲小学”，24名小学生集体乘坐马车上学，12月21号中午，马车与一辆货车相撞。12岁的赵正娟当场死亡，而同样12岁的王海霞送到医院后也过世了。
这次出事的“猫猫冲小学”，有240名学生，其中一百人是临时借读。有媒体报导，在“猫猫冲小学”读书，家长必须和学校签一份《协议》，其中第六条规定，“家长如不能在规定时间内接送学生，出现事故学校概不负责”，有家长反应，校长逼他们签协议，不签就不让读。
死者原来在横山村内的“大矣堵小学”就读，离家走路不用10分钟。因为学校整修，他们被分流到四、五公里外的“猫猫冲小学”上课，上学的距离远了，每天步行上下学需要花上3个多小时。
去年学校拆迁时，施工方和教育主管部门承诺，今年9月就能将原来的学校建设完毕，让“大矣堵”的学生搬进新学校。死者王海霞的父亲提出质疑，教学楼完工3个月了，为什么不让学生使用？他说，“如果学校按时完工，孩子就能回来读书，肯定不会出事。”
据了解，丘北县目前没有一辆校车，而“猫猫冲小学”也不愿意帮这些远道而来的学生找公交车，家长说，他们多次找学校领导，希望能够用中巴来接送，却一直没得到。死者赵正娟的父亲赵永平说，他们只能每个月开支60元钱找马车当交通工具，原本以为这样会比较安全，可是做梦也没想到，还是出了车祸。
县宣传部副部长李洪林：“今年的校车事件发生的比较多，我们这边，这个（校车）问题一直都没有解决，因为我们文山丘北都是比较贫穷落后，属于国家级贫困县，县上也没有、也拿不出多余的钱来办这件事。”
一位中学教师接受《新唐人》采访时表示，农村有很多超过学龄的孩子，因为父母外出打工加上交通问题，为了安全他们只能选择小孩留在家里让老人家照顾。
中学老师：“我们这个地方，孩子有时候呢，六岁还不能上学，六岁是不是应该上一年级了，因为就是家里离学校太远了，所以就没有条件，家里面的老人啊，六、七十岁，还带起孙女孙儿在家读书，希望这里给予每个学校校车。”
面对各部门、“各级公仆”拥有的豪华车当座骑，有关单位却无视校车的破败缺乏。有网友感慨的说，难道校车很贵吗？为什么有钱资助国外，而没有钱给国内的学校配车？难道国人的命都不值钱？你们少吃一顿饭就能省出一辆车来。
也有人说，中国的孩子需要的并不仅仅是安全的校车，而是近距离的学校。
江苏省丰县校车事故发生之后，因为校车停驶，一位70岁的老奶奶，只能每天拉着车载着就读一年级的孙女，每天往返十几公里的路程，她只希望孙女在读书的过程能够平安长大！
新唐人记者朱智善、黄容采访报导。
Students forced to sign release agreement after bus accident in Yunnan Province.
A horse and carriage carrying students in Qiubei County,
Yunnan Province has collided with a truck.
The accident has left 2 dead and 23 injured.
Parents explained the school forced them to sign a contract
during admission to use the carriage as a school bus.
If rules were not followed, and accidents occurred, the
contract shifts all responsibility to the parents.
At midday on Dec 12, the carriage, used by 24 students from
Maomaochong Primary School collided with a truck.
12-year-old Zhao Zhengjuan died instantly and 12-year-old
Wang Haixia died shortly afterward in hospital.
Maomaochong Primary School has 240 students, 100 of
which are temporary.
Several media reported parents of these students had to sign a
“contract” with the school, containing the following statement:
“If parents cannot meet and send off students on time, the
school will not be responsible for any accidents.”
A number of parents revealed they were forced by the
school principal to sign the contract.
The two who died were pupils at Dayidu Primary School in
Hengshan Village, only 10 minutes walk from their homes.
Renovations at Dayidu School meant they were reassigned to
Maomaochong School, and needed to walk 3 hours everyday.
Builders and the education department promised renovations
at Dayidu Primary School will be completed in Sep 2011.
Father of deceased Wang Haixia questioned why students
could not return 3 months after the completion deadline.
He said, “If the construction was finished on time, those kids
would have come back and avoided this accident.”
It was revealed Qiubei County did not have school buses, and
Maomaochong School didn’t find a bus for transferred pupils.
Many appeals by parents to use a minibus to commute met
with no response.
Zhao Yongping, father of deceased Zhao Zhengjuan, said that
they could only afford RMB 60 to hire a carriage for safety.
Vice County Minister of Propaganda Li Honglin said:
“Overall, many school buses accidents happened this year.
The school bus issue has not been resolved yet, as Wenshan
and Beiqiu are both poor counties compared to nationally.
These county governments cannot afford to solve the problem.”
When interviewed by NTDTV, a middle-school teacher
explained there are many children of school-age in rural areas.
For safety, they can only choose to stay at home, as parents
went away to work, and transportation remains a problem.
The middle-school teacher said: “Some kids here cannot go to
school at 6, which is a proper age for Grade One.
This is either because their homes are far from school, or
cannot afford it.
Many 60 to 70-year old people are teaching their
grandchildren at home. I hope every school can have bus.”
The lack of school buses is neglected, despite luxurious
automobiles owned by officials at all levels.
Netizens question the cost of school buses, saying money
used to financially assist other countries can fund them.
They ask, ‘are foreign lives more precious?’, saying one
officials dinner could pay for a school bus.
Many also said that children in China not only need safe
school buses, but also schools nearby.
Following the school bus accident in Feng County, Jiangsu
Province, all school buses there was stopped.
A 70-year-old woman pulls her 1st grade granddaughter to
school using a rickshaw, walking over 10 kilometers a day.
She only hopes that her granddaughter can safely
receive education while growing up!
NTD reporters Zhu Zhishan and Huang Rong
