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Baked Potato

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7. Requiring a CDL may have to be looked at too.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Sep 28, 2021, 08:40 PM

Sep 2021

A CDL can probably get a driver way better pay than driving a school bus.

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'As adults, we failed': New Jersey's school bus driver shortage grows 'dire' [View all] RandySF Sep 2021 OP

Lots of school bus drivers are retirees. I wonder how many died from Covid. patphil Sep 2021 #1

or are not willing to risk a Covid infection Skittles Sep 2021 #2

An average of $14.19/ per hr in Ohio irisblue Sep 2021 #3

Yeah but the hours are horrible. And the job isn't all that easy either. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #4

Yep. Local story on the driver shortage irisblue Sep 2021 #5

Parents are going to find they will have to step up! Sad, they can't rely on busing, but this is our PortTack Sep 2021 #6

Requiring a CDL may have to be looked at too. Baked Potato Sep 2021 #7

When I lived in rural Upstate New York PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2021 #8

You know the solution to that: pay people more! Initech Sep 2021 #9