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Nationwide bus driver shortage could impact start of school year Theres a worker shortage around the county when it comes to school bus drivers. NEW JERSEY - There’s a school bus driver shortage and that’s not what parents want to hear as they prepare to send their kids back to school. Cynthia Webster, of Camden, says she’s worked as a school bus driver for the last 20 years. "I love dealing with children. They’re my life," Webster said. Webster thinks the children appreciate her as wel...

Bus company gearing up for coming school year in Bozeman Jane McDonald | KBZK and last updated 2021-07-27 19:50:57-04 Recruitment, training, and memorizing routes are underway at the Bozeman office of school bus company First Student. “Before COVID we had 41 routes, eight of which were special needs, and we actually, last year before COVID hit, we actually added nine routes,” Tera Jo Meyer said. Meyer is the location manager for Bozeman First Student and has worked as a bus driver pri...

FirstGroup is the UKs largest bus operator, with a fleet of nearly 9,000 vehicles providing more than 20% of all local services. Photo: Jamie Simpson By Kristy Dorsey Matthew Gregory is surrendering the helm at FirstGroup after the transport giant’s largest shareholder renewed calls for the chief executive’s resignation. In an announcement alongside the release of its financial results for the year to the end of March, FirstGroup said Mr Gregory will not seek re-election at the compan...

First Student looking to hire school bus drivers in Billings area First Student looking to hire school bus drivers in Billings and last updated 2021-07-23 18:59:18-04 BILLINGS- — First Student, the transportation contractor for Billings, Lockwood, and Laurel public schools, is hiring bus drivers. “All summer long we continue to recruit, and we can never have enough bus drivers, so we continue to recruit year around,” says Larry Fielding, the Billings location manager for First St...

The First Student school bus division is the largest provider of student transportation in North America By Kristy Dorsey FirstGroup has promised an extra £135 million pay-out to shareholders after completing the unpopular sale of two US businesses to private equity firm EQT Infrastructure. The company is now proposing the return of £500m to investors this autumn, equivalent to approximately 41p per share and up from the previous figure of £365m. The company said the additional pay-out...

First Student looking to hire more Rochester bus drivers ahead of the new school year Just because its a big bus, doesnt mean its a big deal. First Student allowed KIMT News 3s Annalise Johnson to climb behind the wheel of the big yellow beast in an open parking lot to show that learning the basics of driving is a simple process. Posted: Jul 21, 2021 7:10 PM Posted By: Annalise Johnson ROCHESTER, Minn. - It wont be long until youre sending your kids back to school. Ahead of the school year, Fi...

Big Bus, No Big Deal aims to shrink bus driver shortage and last updated 2021-07-13 19:38:07-04 HELENA — Following the COVID-19 pandemic, school bus drivers in Helena are in short supply. Dan Redford, location safety manager for First Student Helena said that this is about as bad of a shortage as hes ever seen and in order to carry out their routes effectively, they need more bus drivers. On Saturday, First Student took a step in recruiting new drivers with the event called Big Bus, No Big...

Jul 12, 2021 Photo: Getty Images A bus monitor has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 7 year old. Albany police arrested 31 year old Ynaad White of Schenectady. He was a bus monitor for First Student bus company, where police say he had sexual contact with a 7 year old boy on several occasions between March 1st and June 17th. Police worry there may be other victims and ask anyone who may have been victimized to contact them.

Skip to main content Currently Reading Dozens of CT school bus incidents leave trail of injuries - many of them to children, court records show Christine DeRosa FacebookTwitterEmail DATTCO school buses line up at the body shop on Tuttle Road in Middletown.Hearst Connecticut Media file photo There are nearly 40 active civil lawsuits filed over the past three years against three of Connecticut’s largest school bus companies that show a trend of accidents resulting in a range of injuries to stud...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A report has found more than 4,500 school bus crashes have...