ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius school board would like Johnson Transportation to pay for the clean up of its bus facilities after one of its drivers, Scott Johnson, was arrested on drug possession charges.
St. Ignatius school district has been attempting to contact Johnson Transportation’s lawyer, to no avail, about legal action stemming from one of Johnson’s drivers being arrested for drug possession.
Johnson Transportation’s Scott Johnson was arrested for possession of meth in late May.
The school district has done testing for meth contamination in its school busses and bus barn following the arrest.
Results show that the busses themselves have levels no higher than your average public area.
Johnson Transportation busses for St. Ignatius tested below .5 on a scale of 0-900 and while Montana has no standard for an acceptable level of meth contamination some states, like California’s, is 1.5.
“Below .5 your talking about situations where public restrooms are going to be at a higher level. Motels, doorknobs, the school your going to find trace evidence in today’s society where its there. That was the situation here,” superintendent Jason Sargent said.
Busses still received normal maintenance type cleaning.
.5 is an acceptable level for meth contaminants. 12 is not and that is what the bus barn tested at forcing the district to clean that of any meth contaminants.
The district is attempting to hold Johnson Transportation responsible but after making repeated attempts to contact the companies lawyer has heard nothing in return.
St. Ignatius still doesn’t know how much the cleanup will cost and that will depend on which option they choose to decontaminate the area.
“They didn’t really give us numbers it was, he said that a building of that size anywhere from 15 to 25 depending on who does it,” Sargent said
Professional cleaners can do the job or it could be done by the owner of the building under consultation from a professional.
“You could do it yourself it requires a lot of work but it can be done under consultation or you can hire someone to do it,” Sargent said.
School is out for summer break and the school district hopes to have all of the cleaning done by the beginning of next school year but that all depends on how quickly they can begin the process.
Johnson Transportation is on a 5 year contract with the school district that is reviewed annually and the current contract lasts until 2023.
- Reported by Connor McCauley
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