“The continued shortage of school bus drivers in Hawaiʻi and across the nation requires the temporary reduction of high school bus routes to ensure that bus services can continue for special education and younger students,” said Assistant Superintendent Randy Tanaka. School bus routes on all islands are subject to change should further staffing shortages occur. School bus routes on Molokaʻi and Lanaʻi are currently not affected. High school bus routes on Maui and Hawaiʻi Island have been modified due to the bus driver shortages, but school bus service will continue. Campbell High (3 of 4 school bus routes suspended)Īll students at these high schools will be provided with subsidized county bus passes to use TheBus on Oʻahu and Kauai Bus for transportation as part of the Expanding Ridership to Educate Students in Schools (EXPRESS) program. Nānākuli High & Intermediate (high school bus routes suspended)
Like this story? Click here to sign up for the LiberatED newsletter and get education news and analysis like this from Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald in your inbox every week.HONOLULU - The continuing shortage of qualified school bus drivers statewide will completely or partially suspend bus transportation services at 10 of Oʻahu’s 24 high schools and four schools on Kauaʻi when the new school year begins for students on Monday, August 7. The high schools listed below will rely heavily on county bus systems for student transportation in School Year 2023-24: Soldiers driving school buses might now be another one. There are many reasons why parents fled district schools over the past 18 months for homeschooling and other private education options. During the coronavirus response, parents have seen first-hand how school districts have pandered to powerful teachers unions, been unresponsive to parent demands, and implemented ideologically-driven curriculum and school policies. This nursing shortage mirrors others nationwide where nurses and other medical staff have quit or been fired over vaccine mandates.Īs President Biden attempts to interfere with the private sector by ordering all companies with 100 or more employees to require vaccination or frequent testing, the labor shortage in many sectors is likely to get even worse.Īs for parents, the school bus driver shortage is just the latest example of how government schooling is failing many students and families. My colleague Jon Miltimore wrote this week about one hospital in upstate New York that had so many nurses quit over the vaccine mandate, it announced it will have to stop delivering babies this month. Indeed, new COVID-19 vaccine mandates are causing workers in many fields to quit their jobs. In Chicago, more than 70 school bus drivers quit just before the school year began as a result of the district’s new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all employees. Vaccine mandates have been a key factor in the school bus driver shortage. Some school districts are actually paying parents to drive their own children to school. Pittsburgh Public Schools had to push back their first day of school by two weeks due to the driver shortage, while high school students in Rochester, New York had to begin the year remotely due to the lack of bus drivers. The school bus driver shortage has caused major disruptions to the start of the school year. Currently, 90 National Guard troops are being trained as school bus drivers in the state, with up to 250 troops involved in the overall mission. Here in Massachusetts, the school bus driver situation is so bad that this week the governor called up the National Guard to drive school buses in some of the state’s urban areas that are experiencing the worst driver shortages. Districts have been scrambling to hire new bus drivers, including offering generous perks and bonuses, but these efforts aren’t making much of a dent in attracting new employees. According to The Wall Street Journal, many school bus drivers quit over virus concerns or new COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Click here to sign up.Īs the new academic year begins, a school bus driver shortage has impacted students and families all across the country. This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news and analysis on current education and parenting topics.
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