The preliminary hearing for Lori Ann Mankos, 44, of Walnutport, is scheduled for April 25.

Mankos has been charged by Pennsylvania State Police with driving under the influence, reckless driving, careless driving and 26 counts of endangering the welfare of children after allegedly abandoning the Northampton Area School District students she was driving at a Sunoco in Bath March 1. The First Student bus driver reportedly handed the keys to the gas station employee before walking away.

She was arraigned March 1 before District Judge John Capobianco, and bail was set at $100,000.

Mankos was released March 4, after her husband, Robert Mankos, put up their home as surety.