Anchorage School District families will have full bus service next month, after many endured a semester in which students were without buses to school for weeks at a time.
But district officials said Wednesday that come Dec. 5, the district will have full bus service, though route numbers will be different, as will some pickup and drop-off times. Families may see those times adjusted 10 to 20 minutes earlier or later. The bus stop locations won’t change, according to the district.
While the district has hired 50 more drivers, it has also worked with a consultant from a transportation software company who helped eliminate the need for 24 routes, which means the district only needs 204 total bus drivers compared to the 228 needed in the past, according to acting chief operating officer Rob Holland.
The district also recently enacted a new agreement with the local bus drivers union, which includes a new wage package in which drivers can start making $25 an hour. The private company contracted to provide the district with some drivers, Reliant Transportation, also agreed to match the union’s wages.
Holland encouraged families to check Parent Connect online for possible route number and time changes.Morgan Krakow is a general assignment reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. She is a 2019 graduate of the University of Oregon and spent the summer of 2019 as a reporting intern on the general assignment desk of The Washington Post. Contact her at [email protected].
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