Better Bus Ratings

Inspection ratings are greatly improved for the school bus fleet that transports more than 68,500 Wake County Public School System students to and from school every day.

The state gave the maintenance of the WCPSS bus system a score of 67.59. This score is significantly lower than the 94.02 from a November 2006 inspection and the 73.10 re-inspection requested by the school system and conducted by the state in May 2007.

Superintendent Del Burns stated that while there is still room for improvement in inspection scores, he is proud of the progress made by the Transportation Department team.

The inspections are somewhat like those drivers are required to have for their cars annually. The scores reflect the number and type of incidents inspectors find in their random inspections. The lower the score the better.

Eddy Adams, Senior Director of Transportation, places credit for the improvement on an increased focus on monthly bus inspections and training, realignment of mechanics' responsibilities, and hard work by all department personnel.

State Transportation staff made their annual unannounced visit this month traveling across the county randomly inspecting ten percent of the school system's 878 buses.

Posted by Bill Poston at 02:49 PM on April 28, 2008 | Leave Feedback

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