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Consultants tell board driver shortage is national; recommend routing review, retention incentives and tech
Summary
Consultant Tim Ammon presented a transportation review that found longer ride times and lower-than-expected ridership after route consolidations, recommended reviewing routes, strengthening compensation and retention incentives, and adopting telematics and student-counting technologies.
Consultants hired to review Hartland Consolidated Schools’ transportation operations told the board the district faces a familiar challenge: a national driver shortage with local consequences. Tim Ammon summarized the review’s three core focuses—operational efficiency, community input and driver‑recruitment/retention—and offered a set of mitigation recommendations.
Ammon said the district’s route consolidations have produced longer ride times (he cited an average near one hour)…
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