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Tinsel and Tutus @ Reynolds Performance Hall — 12/12/13
12/12 — The Conway Symphony Orchestra entertained with Christmas music, including highlights from The Nutcracker performed by the Arkansas Festival Ballet.
Better accountability may not have changed the outcome in the Nov. 21 bus crash that killed six Woodmore Elementary School students, but it might have given Durham School Services reason to pull the driver charged in the accident off the road.
Some of a series of complaints from parents, students and administrators alleging poor behavior on the part of driver Johnthony Walker never reached the company, according to Chief Executive Officer David Duke, who addressed a meeting of reporters and editors at the Times Free Press Thursday.
Of that series, the exact number of which is not known, the company received six – even after its information technology specialists combed all computer records, he said. Of the six, only two addressed speed (thought to be a cause of the deadly crash, according to authorities), and one of those proved to be unfounded, he said.
Duke said he in no way was laying blame at the feet of the Hamilton County Schools, whose transportation supervisor is to forward Durham any complaints, but he said “some things might have been done differently.” Asked if felt let down by the school district, he said “let down might be too strong of [a term].”