School bus driver shortage exacerbated by COVID landscape
School districts that were already competing to attract and retain drivers saw those efforts made more difficult after COVID-19 struck.
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School districts that were already competing to attract and retain drivers saw those efforts made more difficult after COVID-19 struck.
Short on bus drivers, Hilliard City Schools could use Reynoldsburg personnel in first weeks of 2021 ThisWeek group If Hilliard City Schools remains in its hybrid educational mode when classes resume Jan. 4 after winter break, the district likely will be using some bus drivers from Reynoldsburg City Schools to transport students. “We are currently short around 10 drivers,” said Cliff Hetzel, director of business for Hilliard City Schools. Some are on long-term leave and others because of the COVID-19 coronavirus or associated quarantine procedures, Hetzel said. “Our substitute-driver poo...