According to WKBN, each year, Ohio school buses travel more than one million miles taking more than a million kids to and from school. With that many people involved, it’s important that everyone is aware and knows how to stay safe.
More than 460 drivers from nearly three dozen school districts around northeast Ohio gathered at Austintown Fitch High School for the 10th annual safety-in-service program, hosted by the district’s transportation department.
All school bus drivers in the state must complete a four-hour program each year, according to Colleen Murphy-Penk, director of transportation services for Austintown Schools.
“These are our children, and the rules and regulations continue to change and improve, and the reason for that is because we continue to implement rules that we know that are going to keep our children safe,” she said.
