Board hears transportation update; two new bus drivers restore one-mile radius
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District officials announced two new bus drivers have been hired and, beginning after winter break, secondary transportation will return to a one-mile radius; parents will receive instructions to set up routes in the coming days.
Unidentified Speaker 4 told the board the national shortage of bus drivers had forced the district to limit secondary transportation to a reduced radius, but that the district has hired two drivers and will restore the one-mile radius when students return after winter break. “We’ve added these 2 new drivers for transportation department will officially be back to full strength,” the speaker said.
The speaker said the change will allow the district to extend secondary transportation districtwide to the one-mile radius and that information on how parents can set up transportation for secondary students will be communicated in the coming days. The speaker tied the update to ongoing recruitment efforts and credited staff and administration for working to return routes to prior service levels.
The announcement was delivered alongside other district recognitions and construction updates at the high school site, where the board held a ceremonial beam signing ahead of planned erection of the first steel beam. The transportation change is scheduled to take effect when students return from winter break in January.