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This fall, some schools are devising new ways to quell the increasing chaos of morning drop-offs: the long lines of cars backing up traffic; the parade of yellow buses making wide turns; crossing guards herding kids across busy roads and everyone trying to make it before the bell.
Budget cuts have meant fewer bus routes and more parents driving, say principals and superintendents. An emphasis on walking and bicycling to school has created a need for more crossing guards and sidewalks. At the same time, traffic fatalities…