McKeesport Area School District: Program records drivers who illegally pass buses

By Mon Valley Independent

By JEFF STITT

jstitt@yourmvi.com

McKeesport Area School Board is slated to vote next week on whether it will enter into an “automated stop arm enforcement program” with BusPatrol America.

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