State School Bus Inspections Complete

The annual School Bus Inspections by the Missouri Highway Patrol have been completed and they inspected 11,255 buses statewide.   Of that number, 90% passed, 7% were defective, and about 3% were taken out-of-service.

From the local area the results include:

Name                Buses           % App       % Def       % Out

Braymer                     6            50.0%       50.0%         0.0%

Breckenridge              3            66.7%       33.3%         0.0%

Brookfield                 13          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Brunswick                   6            83.3%        0.0%        16.7%

Carrollton                 16            87.5%       12.5%         0.0%

Chillicothe                 20            85.0%       10.0%         5.0%

Chula                         3          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Cowgill                       1          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Gallatin                     11            81.8%       18.2%         0.0%

Hale                           4          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Hamilton                   12            75.0%       25.0%         0.0%

Linn Co R-1              10            40.0%       40.0%       20.0%

Marceline                   8          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Meadville                    6            83.3%        0.0%        16.7%

Mendon                      7            28.6%       14.3%       57.1%

Polo                           7            71.4%       14.3%       14.3%

Southwest                  6          100.0%        0.0%         0.0%

Tina-Avalon                5            80.0%        0.0%        20.0%

Trenton                     15            93.3%        6.7%         0.0%

Tri-County                  4            75.0%       25.0%         0.0%

Verelle Peniston         4            25.0%       50.0%       25.0%

Following the inspection, the districts are given time to make repairs and have the defective and out-of-service buses checked again.

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