DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — The meeting table was full Monday afternoon as local and state representatives discussed bus safety for Dayton Public Schools and charter school students.
18-year-old Alfred Hale, a Dunbar High School student, was killed back in April near the RTA hub on Jefferson Street while waiting for a bus. This prompted conversations with Dayton city leaders, state representatives, and Dayton Public Schools about how to keep student bus routes out of downtown areas. DPS does not currently have yellow buses to transport their 9-12 students, requiring them to ride public RTA routes to get to school.
“The students have told us that they prefer, that they prefer, to be on their yellow bus with their colleagues,” said Dr. Derrick L. Foward, President of NAACP Dayton…