Company founders Gord Both, left, and Allan Lowe.


every day for the success of Child Check-Mate. “Te truth is if a Child Check-Mate has helped a driver, it is


not something they would talk about because it would indicate they weren’t doing their job,” he said. “It is unfortunate that we can’t measure just how many drivers have been reminded to do their check by the system and have actually found a child on that occasion.”


CHILD CHECK-MATE IN ACTION Even without hard numbers, industry professionals, such


as Peter Denomme, transportation coordinator for Westerly Public Schools in Rhode Island, don’t underestimate the impor- tance of the safety net Child Check-Mate provides. Upon being hired, Denomme made child detection a priority


for his district when he discovered drivers weren’t using any type of system to ensure vehicles were empty of all students. Today, his 50 buses are equipped with the system. “I know it’s not a matter of if a child can be left on a bus, but


only when a child will be left on a bus,” he said. Having lost a new driver when working at a different school


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