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Board hears detailed transportation update; staff outlines driver gaps and plans for routing automation
Summary
District transportation leaders reported route-by-route metrics, driver shortages (37 drivers at Lecanto with four open routes), a targeted hiring event yielding applications, and plans to pilot automated routing and parent live-tracking over the next year.
Citrus County’s transportation leadership briefed the school board on April 28 about routes, driver staffing, recruitment results and a multi‑phase plan to modernize routing.
Transportation staff reported there are 170 scheduled daily routes across compounds (95 secondary routes, 68 elementary), with 104 drivers districtwide. Lecanto — the district’s largest compound — was flagged as an area of concern: staff said Lecanto has 37 drivers with four open positions and several others out on…
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