The Quesnel School District has put out a release on yesterday’s (Monday) school bus accident on the Barkerville Highway.
Superintendent Dan Lowndes says it was a scary incident for students, parents and the staff.
He says steps have been taken for those that may have been traumatized.
“First thing this morning we had additional counselling supports, and other supports at the school to meet with staff and with students to start that process of understanding and support. We’ve also been reaching out with families pretty regularly since the afternoon and will continue to through the course of this week
Lowndes says there were 18 students on the bus, all elementary age from Barlow Creek.
He says thankfully bus incidents are rare and that no one was seriously hurt.
“Initially the RCMP reported there were no injuries at the scene. As the situation unfolded there were a few students that were taken to hospital out of an abundance of caution, just to be sure. All of those students are home safe as we speak.”
Lowndes says is proud of how everyone reacted.
“I am pretty proud of our staff. It’s been a difficult few weeks for our staff and students and everybody responded really, really well and in a compassionate way, so just really proud of our staff and students.”
