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Baldwin-Whitehall superintendent floats "mainline" bus-routing model as driver shortages stretch routes
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Lutz told the board the district faces drivers and vehicle shortages and is considering a "mainline" routing model that would keep elementary stops close to neighborhoods while asking secondary students to walk farther to centralized stops; no decision was made.
Superintendent Doctor Lutz told the Baldwin-Whitehall School District board that the district is facing driver retirements and capacity constraints and is considering a shift to a "mainline" bus-routing model to keep schedules viable.
Lutz said the district is "expecting at least a half dozen retirements" and that "right now, there are 0 people in the training pipeline," and warned that trimming stops "around the edges" would not be enough to maintain service. He described the mainline idea as keeping elementary stops within neighborhoods while asking secondary…
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