Philly’s bus driver shortage is a ‘crisis,’ leaving kids missing school or stranded

Philadelphia Inquirer via MSN ^ | 09/13/2021 | Kristen A. Graham,

[Nextrush]

I was in a position to leave one of my jobs this year in anticipation of the situation and the other one I will walk from if needed.

[cgbg]

Same thing in CT....

Hope the Pfascists are enjoying the stench.

[T.B. Yoits]

One of these children stranded by a bus is going to be the victim of a crime. At that point, the entire school district administration needs to be brought up on charges.

The Jim Jones Jab is NOT a vaccine and doesn't protect the recipient nor others from COVID. Mandating it is a crime.

[Veggie Todd]

What, no post yet about how we walked to school. In the snow. Uphill, both ways.

[MurrietaMadman]

Send them to school in Afghanistan where nobody is stranded

Sounds like it's on it's way to being an opening line to a prairie home companion antipode show. Nice.

[Steve_Seattle]

When I was a kid, most of us walked to grade school. Buses only became necessary for high school when the school’s demographic area was much larger. (Catholic school systems generally don’t have middle schools: it’s k-8 and 9-12.)

[wingnut1971]

I grew up on the south end of a large lake in Michigan and the school was at the north end...maybe 3 miles. My friends and I rode snowmobiles!

[lightman]

Driving a school bus was always a high stress, thankless job--and now you have to do that suffocating behind a face diaper. No wonder no sane person wants to do that!

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[Taxman]

When I was a kid, I rode a city bus to kindergarten, rode my bike to 1st thru 4th grade, walked/rode school bus in 5th and 6th, rode my bike in 7th and 8th, and, in HS, hitchhiked or caught a ride with one of my buddies.

[DoodleBob]

Siddown, Waldo!

[al baby]

Its a horrible idea whats next taxpayer funded lunch

[EEGator]

America’s test scores are fine if you only include two particular demographics.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

We were at the Northampton PA school board meeting last month, and they announced they had a shortage of bus drivers.

[Flaming Conservative]

Neighborhood schools would fix that. And they should all be equal in curricula, with just a few magnet schools with entrance exams for advanced or special needs programs. Of course, the whole thing would require dedicated teachers. That may be a problem...

[mware]

School gets out at 3:30, my grand niece gets off the bus at 4:30. Only first week in school and they usually cut the time to 4:10 once all the little ones get the system down.

[gitmo]

The article never discusses why they don’t have bus drivers. Very odd.

[Morpheus2009]

Can’t you get tissues and a trash can for the sweat

[rockabyebaby]

Massachusetts has activated the National Guard, yes, the National Guard to drive school buses, SMH

[rockabyebaby]

https://www.boston.com/news/schools/2021/09/13/charlie-baker-to-activate-national-guard-to-help-get-students-to-school-amid-bus-driver-shortage/

[SE Mom]

Wow. Amazing. WTH is going on? We’ve got schoolbus driver problems in Florida too. Reading this thread, it seems to be happening across the country. Why?