A retired bus in the John Glenn Community School Corporation fleet will be donated to the Triton Community School Corporation to assist in a worthy cause.
Transportation Director Cindy King explained to the school board that the area transportation directors would like to host a mock disaster. The school bus would be used for emergency responder training with area fire, police and EMS personnel as well as area drivers and students. The trainees would have a hands-on training experience and be better prepared if an incident with a school bus would happen.
King said the corporation has a bus that has been used for parts for a few years. She added that the board could choose to scrap the bus, but the experience the donation would provide would be invaluable.
She asked the state about the request and the officials are fine with the bus donation as long as the request is approved by the school board. The board did approve the request last week.
Triton school officials will transport the bus to the training location and keep it for future events such as this.
