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Bus maintenance found wanting in Wake County, N.C.
The school bus fleet in Wake County, N.C., has one of the state's worst safety ratings, prompting the school system to overhaul the way it does vehicle maintenance. The latest state inspection of the district's buses found problems such as oil leaks, fuel leaks, improper air pressure in tires and inoperative dashboard lights. Although the defects weren't life-threatening, they gave Wake County the third-worst score of any school system in the state this year,