Lakeland board approves three positions as bus-route changes continue

The Lakeland Joint School District Board of Trustees on a voice vote approved a position-control adjustment to add one elementary teacher and two bus aides and to repurpose an existing driver slot toward an assistant transportation supervisor, board members said. The move followed months of changes to bus routes that the district implemented to reduce costs and then partially reversed after schools opened and families raised safety and access concerns. Outgoing transportation director Jessica Deener and assistant superintendent Jake Massey briefed trustees on which stops and routes had been consolidated and…