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Underfunding schools hasn't only led to a "shortage" of US bus drivers. It also means some kids are riding on buses without modern safety equipment.

CECIL COUNTY — For Cory Hall, owner of the Port Deposit based Hall Bus Company, school buses run in the family. His grandfather started a bus driving business around 50

In a brief statement on social media, the Gooding School District announced the closure of school Tuesday, October 5. The district said it didn't have enough qualified bus drivers to run routes.

"There are many people who think, 'Oh, they just drive a bus,' California bus driver Ms. Andie said. "No. We're not just drivers, we're superheroes."

See it in our schools. i see it with not enough bus drivers, not enough teacher assistance, not enough teachers, not enough guidance counselors, all of these needs that need to meet our students that have, you know, been home going through covid, that their socioemotional component, feeling that achievement gap, our schools better h varks systems, roofs. all of these things for him to say that no district has reached out, its really something that is unbelievable. >> particularly those that need...

But we do expect... between now and christmas we certainly dont think we will be able to run a full service. but we will be expecting that we can run our temporary reduced timetables. and the unite union says higher wages to drive hgvs are another factor. we have the haulage industry which is short of drivers. so the bus drivers go across to them. and that creates a backlash because there is now a shortage of bus drivers as well as haulage drivers. for now, many people seem relatively sympatheti...

Two dozen advocacy groups will send a letter to members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable today.

As Jeffco Public Schools continues to grapple with a bus driver shortage causing the district to suspend dozens of bus routes, parents are working together to get their kids to and from school.

Infections and pre-existing conditions, that includes everything from being a transplant patient, to having cancer, all the way to having diabetes, even type 2 and obesity. the range of eligibility is high. by the way, the other thing that dr. walensky fought for over the advice of her advisory council is to make sure people who work in high exposure environments, like hospital workers, like bus drivers, like people who work in grocery stores, especially health care workers, those people even wi...

Pennsylvania officials mailed out 375,000 letters to recruit commercial driver's license holders to become bus drivers in an effort to address the current shortage.