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Peoria Unified outlines corrective actions for transportation: recruitment, external vendors and pilot ID cards
Summary
District officials reported progress in driver recruitment, plans to pilot student ID ridership cards and are exploring using contracted providers to cover routes. Staffing gaps remain; board members asked for regular updates on pilot results and compensation review.
Peoria — Peoria Unified officials told the governing board on Feb. 13 they are working through a corrective‑action plan for the district’s transportation challenges, emphasizing driver recruitment, short‑term use of contractors and a pilot of electronic ridership cards ahead of a broader rollout.
At the meeting, district leaders said recruitment has reduced open runs — at the start of the school year there were nine double runs; by Feb. 13 just one double run remained in the afternoon — and one driver had passed the commercial driver’s license (CDL) test that day. Transportation Director Matt Molino said the…
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