Dear Editor,
My name is Martina and I am a grade 8 student at John Black ps. I think a problem in our community is distracted bus drivers. In my opinion this is a huge issue because buses are carrying 20 or more students everyday. It’s not so much the bus drivers fault, when kids are going to school or coming home they can often be excited to be with their friends or just full of energy in general. On a friday afternoon I’m sure that everyone in this community is pumped to get home but when you’re a little child you are especially excited. The children like to play and jump or sometimes even scream, which when the bus driver has to turn away from the road and tell them to stop it can really be distracting. To fix this problem we could have bus monitors or supervisors. Older and more responsible students will be the monitors so the bus driver can focus on taking us from and to school. To me when I am on the bus it can be frightening when the bus driver has to pay attention to the road and the children. Hopefully we find a way to fix this problem to better our great community of centre wellington!
sincerely, martina
martina johnson