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Southside ISD bus drivers urge board to address vehicle maintenance, pay and sick-leave penalties
Summary
During public comment at the May 28 Southside ISD board meeting, bus operators described failing bus equipment, low pay and what they called punitive sick-leave practices and asked the board to act.
Bus operators and aides told the Southside Independent School District Board of Trustees on May 28 that aging buses, broken air conditioning and a sick-leave practice that removes extra duties from employees are undermining safety and staff retention.
"We drive over 2,000 students per day," said bus operator Mary Cortez during the public-comment period. "We have buses without AC units that are not working. We have buses that are literally being held with zip ties for the wipers. We have buses that the air pressure goes out as we're…
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