school bus drivers

The new school year is right around the corner and the state is looking for hundreds of bus drivers.

The new school year is right around the corner and the state is looking for hundreds of bus drivers. Bus companies say there is an urgent need for drivers with nearly drivers needed throughout Connecticut. The Connecticut School Transportation Association started sharing last year how desperate they were and the executive director says they are still in crisis. They are…

Several school bus drivers in Thompson are being forced to quarantine, and that has created a shortage that is forcing an elementary school to go remote for the week.

Students at Mary R. Fisher Elementary School in Thompson will learn remotely for the rest of the week, as a dozen school bus drivers are in quarantine waiting for COVID test results. “We need the full fleet of bus drivers to be in place,” said Melinda Smith, Superintendent of Thompson Public Schools. The school district contracts with DATTCO bus company….

Some Connecticut students are facing longer bus rides and combined routes this year as bus companies continue to contend with a driver shortage.

The ongoing bus driver shortage is leading to combined bus routes and longer travel times in some school districts.

School bus companies across the state say the shortage of drivers is the worst it has been in recent memory.