FILE - Yvette Lewis, a Metro High School security guard, watches as a fleet of Missouri Central Bus Company school busses leaves the school following dismissal, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. Missouri Central School Bus Co. will end its contract with St. Louis Public Schools, Tuesday, March 26, a year early, bringing an end to a relationship strained after a bus driver “sickout” prompted by a noose left at the workstation of a Black mechanic in February.(Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
FILE - Metro High School students leave the building as a fleet of Missouri Central school busses line up to transport some after dismissal, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. Missouri Central School Bus Co. will end its contract with St. Louis Public Schools, Tuesday, March 26, a year early, bringing an end to a relationship strained after a bus driver “sickout” prompted by a noose left at the workstation of a Black mechanic in February(Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)