Fewer routes mean routes will likely be longer.
Washington Township students could have longer bus rides next school year as the district plans to reroute buses to account for fewer drivers and a new central bus depot.they faced this year over the lack of drivers that strained their ability to get kids to school on time.
This school year was the first year that the district implemented new start times for all its schools to allow older students to start school later in the day after aAffects of bus driver shortages:In Washington Township, elementary schools start the school day followed by high schools then middle schools. Smith said the district isn’t looking at changing that order but may expand the time in between school start times to give drivers more time to pick up kids and drop them off at the schools.
“[The drivers] are feeling that crunch all by itself even if every driver showed up every day,” Woodson said during the board meeting. “That would be a pressure point all by itself, but that plus natural absences creates a very stressful work environment.” The impact of the bus driver shortage is felt across Marion County and has forced some school districts to change elementary school enrollment boundariesAdding to the need to redraw bus routes, next school year the district plans to centralize all its buses on the North Central High School campus instead of the east and west sides of the district from where buses leave now.
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