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Drivers, parents urge McKeesport Area SD to restore bus monitors after repeated safety incidents
Summary
Several school bus drivers and parents told the McKeesport Area School District board the district should prioritize hiring bus monitors after years of student misbehavior on routes; board members said short-term monitor placements will be pursued while longer-term boundary and routing reviews are considered.
At the March 13 McKeesport Area School District board meeting, multiple bus drivers and parents urged the board and administration to restore and expand bus monitors after repeated on-bus safety incidents.
Bus drivers recounted episodes of fighting, threats, spitting, and objects thrown at drivers, and said those behaviors made it difficult to keep their eyes on the road. “I have been spat on… I have been accused of all kinds of foul things,” said Sydney Walker, who identified herself as a school bus driver. Walker asked the board to ride a morning run and see the conditions firsthand. Another speaker, who also identified as a bus driver and parent, said a first grader punched a driver and had to be removed from the bus by police earlier…
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