Dr. Christopher Bernier said the Duval County school district is about 60 drivers short of filling all of its current routes, and he wouldn’t mind having another 60 drivers as backup.
– The new superintendent of Duval County Public Schools did his best impersonation of those classic “I Want You” Uncle Sam posters on Wednesday as he called on the community to help fill bus driver vacancies.
He acknowledged that the bus driver shortage could be contributing to school attendance issues. A full staff of bus drivers would go a long way to getting children to school and on time, he said.Duval County leads the state in percentage of ‘habitually truant’ students. A new program is trying to fix thatHe challenged community, civic and faith-based groups in Jacksonville to contribute one member each to drive a school bus for one year.
A DCPS spokesperson said the bus driver positions are paid, not volunteer, and added that drivers would be paid for their training, as well. News4JAX asked what the average pay is for the drivers, but we have not heard back from the district yet.
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