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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 20, 2015

Metro Nashville school bus drivers to get $300 bonus

Officials at the Tennessee school district say that the one-time bonus recognizes the drivers' extra work that has been caused by understaffing.

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ArticlesOctober 19, 2015

Big demand for school bus drivers in coming years

A federal report projects that over a 10-year period, the second-highest number of transportation job openings will be for school bus or special client bus drivers.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonOctober 14, 2015

District's school bus driver shortage leads to delays

A shortage of nearly 150 school bus drivers is expected to impact about a quarter of the bus routes at Metro Nashville (Tenn.) Public Schools.

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School Bus Fleet BlogOctober 13, 2015

Big demand for school bus drivers in coming years

A federal report projects that over a 10-year period, the second-highest number of transportation job openings will be for school bus or special client bus drivers.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonSeptember 5, 2015

Attorney to investigate district's transportation debacle

As Palm Beach County (Fla.) finishes overhauling its routes and gets more students to school on time, a third-party investigation will look at what went wrong and will "hold people accountable," the superintendent says.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonAugust 27, 2015

Florida district works to fix transportation issues

Problems with routes and late buses hamper Palm Beach County as the school year begins, but district officials say that progress is being made in resolving the issues.

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Newsby StaffJune 2, 2015

Driver shortage causing delays up to an hour for district

Last week, about 20 bus routes for South Bend (Ind.) Community School Corp. needed to be covered by substitutes or transportation department employees. The district needs to hire at least 30 drivers.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonApril 9, 2015

School Bus eXchange attendees discuss keys for success

At the inaugural SBX event, school transportation officials share ideas on such topics as efficiency, technology and identifying the outputs of a successful operation.

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Newsby Thomas McMahonMarch 19, 2015

Job fair seeks school bus driver candidates

At Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools event, current bus drivers will be on hand to answer questions. The district’s job fairs have helped tackle driver shortage.

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Newsby Nicole SchlosserJanuary 29, 2015

GAPT: Driver health funding cuts could worsen shortage, hurt recruitment

The Georgia Association for Pupil Transportation says a proposal to cut health funding for part-time school bus drivers would remove a valuable recruitment and retention tool, as well as a large chunk of driver compensation.

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