Westport Superintendent Suggests Bus Monitor Cut

Editor’s note: We previously published this story, but here it is again in case you missed it.

Superintendent Elliot Landon’s proposed 2016-2017 school budget calls for the removal of school bus monitors except for special education students.

The move would save $125,000, according to Westport Now. Many monitors have retired and it can be difficult to find replacements. It would also bring Westport in line with other school districts throughout the state.

The monitor program was put into place after an 8-year-old girl was run over by a school bus in 1991.

Some representative town meeting members argued that every school bus should have a monitor and that new technology isn’t enough to keep children safe in those situations.

Read the full Westport Now story here.