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School Bus Driver Shortage
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Massachusetts Calls On National Guard To Assist In School Bus Driver Shortage
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is calling in the cavalry to help the state with transporting students to class at the beginning of the new school year. Baker announced that he is activating as many as 250 Guard members to assist with school transportation as the country contends with a massive bus driver shortage that left some districts scrambling to get students to class. “We asked a bunch of communities if they'd be interested in having Guard people drive vehicles for them, especially the smaller buses," Baker said in a briefing this week. "A bunch of communities said if y…
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Bus Driver Shortage Affects Large CT District On First Day Of School
Hundreds of students in one of Connecticut’s largest school districts had to seek alternate routes to make their way to the first day of classes due to a bus driver shortage. Upwards of 300 students in Hamden had to find alternate transportation for the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 30, after parents received short notice that a bus driver shortage was going to cause havoc for some families. School officials said that the district was notified by First Student Bus Company on Friday, Aug. 27 that there were not enough bus drivers to cover all routes, noting that there is a nationwide …