
The program, My Ride 2 School, provides free rides for middle and high school students in the Jacksonville area.
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From First Student's sale to the driver shortage to new federal legislation with funding for electric and low-emission school buses, the world of pupil transportation tried to return to normal (or better) in 2021.
Read More →Brendan Wagner, pupil transportation director for the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Unified School District, shares his thoughts on attacking the nationwide school bus driver shortage - and it can't focus entirely on the wage rate.
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The company says the financial commitment offers a solution to the school bus driver shortage and will help the communities it serves.
Read More →The industry will have to go through a period of adjustment and become innovative in ways we have not previously utilized. For example, we have seen an increase in wages and benefits, but wages and benefits only provide a partial solution to this comprehensive problem.
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Although pay and other benefits help mitigate the shortage in some districts, others see jobs unfilled elsewhere in the education ecosystem.
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Chris Dowdy, superintendent of the Valley Mills (Texas) Independent School District, ran bus routes himself when he was short-staffed due to ill drivers.
Read More →Learn about the origins of the nationwide driver shortage, and how we should address it in this episode of The Route by School Bus Fleet.
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Hear about the nationwide driver shortage with Stephen Owens, senior K-12 policy analyst with the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.
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Plans include expediting driving tests and expanding recruitment outreach to current commercial driver’s license holders.
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