Faced with a shortage of bus drivers, Monroe Public Schools has entered a partnership with a Michigan-based company to identity potential candidates. Michigan Educational Transportation Services, Inc. (METS) has been awarded a three-year contract to help provide pupil transportation services for the county’s largest school district. Approved at a board meeting last week, the contract began July 1 and runs through June 30, 2024. Per the agreement, METS will offer human resource-based transportation services as needed, including bus drivers, bus aides and some transportation staff. Those positions will be employees of METS and considered contract employees who use buses, equipment and facilities that will remain under the ownership of MPS.