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Board expands high‑school bus eligibility to 2 miles, approves cluster stops amid driver shortage
Summary
Facing a continuing shortage of bus drivers, the Marysville Board approved changing high school transportation eligibility from 1.5 miles to 2.0 miles and endorsed four cluster pickup locations. Transportation staff said the move reduces stops and improves reliability while staff pursue recruitment and routing changes.
The Marysville Exempted Village School District board approved a change to high‑school transportation eligibility on a vote at the June meeting, expanding the minimum walk‑to‑school distance from 1.5 miles to 2.0 miles for grades 9–12 and authorizing a set of clustered pickup locations intended to reduce route complexity amid a persistent driver shortage.
Todd Amos, the district’s transportation director, told the board driver availability has been the program’s central problem: “We have 35 everyday drivers including van drivers,” Amos said, and added that the district needs roughly 28–30 regular‑education drivers plus seven special‑education drivers to meet normal demand. Amos said training and hiring efforts have produced new hires but turnover remains high; the department was training three drivers over the summer and reported recent hires lost to higher‑paying full‑time jobs.
To reduce the number of in‑town stops and…
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