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Council orders hearing into BPS bus hiring, training after 5-year-old's death
Summary
The Boston City Council referred an order for an oversight hearing into Boston Public Schools’ bus hiring, training and certification after the death of a 5-year-old; councilors cited reports that a driver involved had prior collisions and an expired certification and said the system that transports about 22,000 students must be reviewed.
Councilor Ed Flynn and Councilor Erin Murphy asked the Boston City Council on Wednesday to hold a formal hearing into hiring, training and compliance for Boston Public Schools bus drivers after the recent death of a 5-year-old child.
The petition, filed as docket 1101, requests an oversight hearing focused on the contractor Transdev, the school department’s screening, training, certification and supervision of drivers, and the city’s incident-reporting systems.
Flynn said the call for review “underscores the urgent need to conduct a thorough…
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