Amid a bus driver shortage, a parent at a Conroe ISD School, said her neighborhood raised money and gifts for their bus driver to show their gratitude for the work they do.
It is believed the workers receieved some sort of pay raise but that number has not yet been confirmed. Demonstrators are seen holding signs that read "Better pay."Conroe Independent School District is facing a shortage of bus drivers, in part due to enrollment growth exceeding projections, according to district officials.
"They are working overtime to take our kids to and from school, and it's not just my first-grader that's late. ... Everyone is affected," Clayton said. "We have this tremendous competition in the country for CDL drivers, so there's a smaller pool of applicants than we really experienced in recent years," he said. "Within that smaller pool of available applicants, we are pulling people that care about kidseither have or are willing to go through the process to obtain their CDL and have the skills and the ability and the wherewithal to drive through ...
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