(WTTW News) Nearly six months after classes began, Chicago Public Schools says it is now providing transportation service to hundreds more special education students who require it, though officials say there are still “many unerved students” who aren’t getting the busing they need. Last month, there were more than 700 special education students who had […]
Hunter Bergemann’s parents are worried and “scared” that their son is missing for an hour and sent back to school after an incident with his bus driver. The incident occurred after school closed on Wednesday. His mother, Brittany De Sa, says Hunter, who is nine years old and has autism, had a bad day and […]
Due to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of American school districts are suffering from a severe shortage of school bus drivers. “As school districts across the country return to face-to-face learning and COVID continues to impact education in general and school transport planning and logistics in particular, the shortage of school […]
Kari Wichers and her husband inspect the tires, stop signs and signals on their yellow school buses before sunrise every weekday morning. At 6:15 am, she is on her way to the first bus stop to pick up a group of students with special needs – she affectionately calls them “my children” – for trips […]
Every day, Tammy Moore, director of transportation at Halifax County Public Schools, thinks, “Will there be bus drivers today managing all the routes?” as they continue to look for additional bus drivers and replacement drivers. Often times, bus drivers have to double their routes to get all bus drivers home from school. Sometimes moors and […]
Melvindale-Northern Allen Park Public Schools is the second Downriver School District to start the new school year without a general education bus service due to a bus driver shortage. On August 26, the Great Ile Township Schools announced that the sudden resignation of two bus drivers had forced them to shut down general school traffic. […]
Beginning its third season of a five-year contract with the St. Joseph School District, Apple Bus Co. executives are proud of the recent improvements and ask for a measure of grace in the inevitable growing pains. Mark Alexander, general manager of St. Joseph for the Cleveland, Missouri-based company, spoke on Friday about the most influential […]
I know it’s just rock and roll, but I like it, like it, yeah I do. A big thank you to Eric Clapton for advocating what rock and roll is all about. FREEDOM. Why? Because he has personally experienced the fear, worry and danger of a vaccination violation. He puts his money where his microphone […]
