Jefferson City School District improves again in MSHP bus inspections
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Jefferson City School District saw another year of improvement after the Missouri State Highway Patrol released its annual bus inspections on Thursday.
A press release from MSHP shows that from around the state, 10,144 buses were approved on its initial inspection, while 799 were rated “defective” and 312 were determined to be “out of service.”
The release says that defective components require repair within 10 days, “out-of-service” buses require the components to be fixed and reinspected.
There were 62 Jefferson City School District buses inspected and 85.5% passed, while 14.5% were rated “defective” and no buses were deemed “out of service.”
That’s an improvement from last year, which saw 69.1% approved, 21.8% deemed defective and 9.1% out of service. The positive trend continues from 2023, when more than half of the fleet was deemed either defective or out of service during the initial inspection.
Other Mid-Missouri school districts were inspected with Columbia Public Schools having 95.1% of its 163 buses approved, 3.1% determined to be “defective” and 1.8% “out of service.” Fulton Public Schools had 93.7% of its 32 buses approved, 3.1% “defective” and 3.1% “out of service.”
South Callaway had all 18 of its buses approved, while New Bloomfield had 77.8% of its buses approved and Boonville had 71.4% of its 21 buses approved. Southern Boone had 73.9% of its buses approved and 26.1% “out of service.”
Moberly had 92.3% of its 26 buses approved, while Mexico had 74.1% of its 27 buses approved.