Lower Merion School Bus Drivers Honored For Safety Performances

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — Two Lower Merion School District bus drivers earned high honors in the 2019 Pennsylvania School Bus Driver Safety Competition and were honored by PennDOT and Pennsylvania State Police officials recently.

The competition took place in June and recently PennDOT Bureau of Driver Licensing Director Kara Templeton and Trooper Zeina Black, Supervisor for the Permits and Bus Safety Unit of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Division of the Bureau of Patrol for the Pennsylvania State Police, presented certificates and governor’s citations to the school bus drivers.

Lower Merion School District bus drivers Beth McGowan and John Welsh were among those honored.

McGowan and Welsh took second and third, respectively, at the competition.

Jim O’Toole of the School District of Haverford Township won overall.

The competition tests school bus drivers' knowledge of safety rules and safe operation of their buses.

"Bus drivers do an extraordinary job every day ensuring the safety of our children as they travel to and from school," said Black. "These drivers serve as a model for all school bus drivers and this recognition further reinforces the trust parents have in them."

For more information about school bus safety, visit PennDOT’s highway safety website online here and select the “Traffic Safety and Driver Topics” tab then select the “School Bus Safety” tab.