Mars Area School District has welcomed Christine Smith as the district’s next director of transportation.

On April 20, Mars School Board formally appointed Smith to the position to replace Jane Roth, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

Smith previously served as terminal manager at ABC Transit (Pittsburgh); dispatch operations supervisor at North Allegheny School District; operations supervisor dispatcher at First Student (Pittsburgh); a school bus driver at First Student (Penn Trafford); and a dispatcher at Allegheny County Emergency Services.

A resident of Baden, Smith is also a certified school bus trainer.

For more information, call 724-625-1518.