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Former Monongalia County bus driver tells board route was unsafe, urges immediate aide after incidents
Summary
At the May 13 meeting a former bus driver, April Rowan, described safety incidents on a school bus route with large ridership, said she was forced to resign after raising concerns, and asked the board to add an aide and change the route.
MONONGALIA COUNTY, W.Va. — During public comment at the Monongalia County Board of Education meeting on May 13, April Rowan, a former county school bus driver, told the board she lost her job after raising safety concerns about a route she had been assigned and asked the board to place an aide on that route immediately.
Rowan said she was hired April 14 as a full‑time driver for Monongalia County but found she could not safely complete the assigned route. She described incidents on the bus, including students throwing candy and a Powerade bottle that broke and…
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