There’s a nationwide bus driver shortage. In Tyler, the school district’s communication team ran a targeted recruitment campaign last year, putting slogans like “Parents Do This for Free; We’ll Pay You’” on the sides of buses.
Some high school football games look a little different in rural Texas as schools struggle to send cheerleaders and marching bands with their teams to away games. Schools across Texas are struggling to find bus drivers to fill their routes., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“The atmosphere is really not the same without the band and drill team there, playing and making noise for the team,” said Adrian Belista, a junior at Nacogdoches High and drum major for the band. “It was kind of like a missing piece.” The problem is heightened in sprawling rural areas such as East Texas, where commutes tend to be longer and labor is already in short supply.
Farther north in Longview, the school district has filled vacant driver roles over the past few weeks. But without subs or alternate drivers, the district continues to run into problems whenever a driver calls in sick. When that happened in late October, the district combined two bus routes, placing more kids than usual on a single yellow bus.
Districts have tried to combat the driver shortage by raising pay rates for bus drivers and by holding job fairs.
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