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Board members urge prioritizing bus driver pay amid staffing crisis
Summary
Board member Meyer called driver staffing 'a crisis' and urged prioritizing pay and monitors in upcoming budget discussions; staff said pay is constrained and noted prior hiring freezes and budget pressures.
Board member Meyer said the district faces a severe staffing problem for bus drivers and asked that funding priorities reflect that need ahead of the public hearing. "The crisis that has, rocked Durham Public Schools this year has been the ability to staff bus drivers and and to overstaff to to be ready to get students to school," Meyer said, urging the district to consider drivers and monitors as a budget priority.
Board members pressed staff about pay and scheduling; one confirmed drivers are paid every two weeks and staff acknowledged the district's fiscal constraints, noting prior measures to contain budget growth. Manager Heath later described this budget season as likely "one of the toughest budget cycles that entities have ever gone through," saying the district had taken steps such as pauses and position freezes and would share updates at the board retreat.
