Local Districts Fare Well in Bus Inspections

Seven of the 10 school districts in the Lake Area are on the receiving end of the highway patrol’s “Total Fleet Excellence Awards.” The designation is earned by each district which is given an initial school bus approval rating of 90 percent or more. Those districts in the Lake Area include: Camdenton, Iberia, Macks Creek, Morgan County R-1 Stover and R-2 Versailles, School of the Osage and Eldon. Of the seven…Camdenton, Macks Creek and School of the Osage received 100 percent approval. Statewide, there were 12,018 buses checked with nearly 10,900 approved upon initial inspection, 912 were rated as defective upon initial inspection, and 218 rated as “out of service” upon initial inspection.