Some Douglas County School District parents have lost count how many times they've received a route cancelation alert for their child's bus ride to and from school
DENVER — Denver7 viewer Shayna emailed into the newsroom Tuesday, questioning how the Douglas County School District plans on providing transportation to new schools it's interested in constructing when the district is confronted with a massive bus driver shortage that has resulted in constant cancellations this year.
Denver7 took Shayna's concern to the school district and we learned that they are currently short 88 bus drivers of the 225 positions they need to be fully staffed.Chris Riley, a parent of two students at DCSD, hopes the district can fill those spots as soon as possible amid the route cancellation alerts he constantly gets.
DCSD says three of their bus routes had to be permanently canceled this year, while others have been consolidated. Douglas County Schools forced to cancel some routes Trevor Byrne, president of JeffCo Transportation Association, says the shortage is complicated but can be attributed to one major factor.
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