A week after a bus crash killed an 11-year-old student, the Ohio governor created a group to evaluate whether school buses need better safety.
Heather Wisen is the transportation coordinator for Mentor Public Schools, but her true joy comes from behind the wheel.Before moving up, she drove buses for seven years and now, because of the bus driver shortage, she's back making sure kids get to school with no problems; safety is always on her mind.
Safety isn't just her priority; it's Gov. Mike DeWine's, too. At Mentor schools, the governor toured the school bus inspection process with the Ohio State Highway Patrol before announcing the Ohio School Bus Safety Working Group would evaluate the safety of buses. The group will meet at least five times yearly and develop a report including recommendations for the school bus."The question that everyone has been asking me the last week is there anything else that we can do to make our buses safer?" said Governor Dewine."Our inspectors look at 182 points of inspection. So we're looking at every part and piece to make sure that it meets the construction standard for which it was originally designed," said Lt.
The governor said that seat belts and staffing could be among the things discussed by the working group; they expect a report by December.
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