Bus driver training held in Bessemer

By TOM LAVENTURE

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BESSEMER — Northern Michigan has a perfent safety rating for busing kids to and from school, and continuing education has a lot to do with that, said organizers of a Wednesday training at A.D. Johnston Junior and Senior High School.

There were 44 bus drivers attending the six-hour continuing education that is required every two years under the Pupil Transportation Act of Michigan, said Chris Bergquist, business manager and transportation supervisor with the Bessemer Public School District. The drivers came from privately owned school bus companies...