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Board updates $100 bus-driver incentive and approves new bus-driver apprentice program
Summary
District officials reported the $100 incentive for drivers taking an extra route is increasing student transportation reliability; the board also approved a two-month apprentice program to retain newly trained CDL holders until they receive bus endorsements.
The Tangipahoa Parish School Board voted unanimously March 18 to allow the district to begin a bus-driver apprentice program and heard an update that a $100 incentive for drivers who cover an additional route has improved student transportation reliability.
Administration told the board the $100 payment — approved at a prior meeting upon Mr. Moore’s recommendation — has led to more drivers volunteering to pick up…
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