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Drivers and union representatives press Bonita Unified on bus safety and staffing
Summary
During public comment, CSEA staff and several bus drivers urged the board to address repeated operational problems in the transportation yard — citing skipped rotations, lack of certified mechanics, use of personal phones for work, driver departures and alleged poor supervision by the department director.
Several current and former transportation employees told the Bonita Unified Board that ongoing issues in the district’s transportation department are affecting safety, staffing and service reliability.
Andy Sundstrom, a CSEA staff representative, told trustees he has not “in my experience ... encountered so many issues with a particular department” and described repeated grievances over assignment rotations and other practices that union members…
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