Aug. 16, 2023

Will there be enough Wake County school buses to get students where they need to go this year?

Will there be enough Wake County school buses to get students where they need to go this year?
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Will there be enough Wake County school buses to get students where they need to go this year?
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It’s a struggle every single year for school districts across North Carolina to get enough drivers to man their buses and their routes. It’s especially tough for the state’s largest school district, Wake County, to manage its 560 routes. It takes aggressive recruitment, training, and retention efforts to make it all come together. In this episode, WRAL reporter Kelsey Coffey puts the spotlight on Wake County’s status as it pertains to bus drivers and shares how the school system plans to put the pieces of the puzzle together.

 

*Here's an update from the school board meeting explaining how until some more drivers are officially hired and all the drivers in training are up to speed, some routes will likely be running late:

https://www.wral.com/nowhere-else-to-go-all-wake-school-bus-routes-covered-but-some-students-will-be-late/21000940/