Kapaa Elementary News Today

When parent complaints and questions began pouring into state Rep. Trish La Chica’s office about the state suspending bus routes at 14 Hawaii public schools two weeks before school started, she says she felt frustrated that she had few immediate answers or solutions to offer.

With students returning to public school campuses Monday after summer break, the state Department of Education reported Friday that it is continuing to work with school bus contractors to help recruit and retain drivers and restore suspended routes as quickly as possible.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) continues to work with its school bus contractors statewide to help recruit and retain drivers and restore suspended routes as quickly as possible.

High school bus routes on the Big Island and Maui have been modified due to the bus driver shortages, but school bus service will continue.

The Department of Education canceled or suspended bus service for 14 schools statewide after dozens of drivers quit.

An analysis of the Hawaii Legislature's capital improvement projects shows that the districts of top leaders and neighbor island lawmakers got lots of money.