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Drivers education is not offered by Bay District Schools, and two students want to change that. Eleventh graders Julia Kady and Gabriel Phelps, who attend Rutherford High and Arnold High respectively, spoke during the public comments section of Tuesday’s Bay District School Board meeting about drivers education being offered at schools. “I believe drivers education is a good thing to have in school,” Phelps said. He said a lot of his friends have had consequences from texting and driving. To fund drivers education, Phelps said a $5 fee could be attached to traffic infractions. The fee would have to be approved by the County Commission, and Kady and Phelps plan to meet with commissioners individually. “I think it’s a great idea,” Superintendent Bill Husfelt said. Kady and Phelps are in Junior Leadership Bay, a student leadership program under the Bay County Chamber of Commerce. The proposal to bring drivers education back is a community project, which must be done every year by students in Junior Leadership Bay to graduate from the program.