$2,000 sign-on bonus for non-experienced drivers First Student is proud to offer the following wages and benefits to our drivers: We are actively recruiting and hiring drivers for both big bus and vans. "There continues to be a need for school bus drivers nationwide, including in the West Shore School District. School officials say they will evaluate this schedule over the next two weeks and decide the next steps in the very near future.įirst Student released this statement in reaction to the shortage: Still, from beginning to end, the hiring to road process will take at least three weeks. West Shore School District currently has four candidates working on their CDL, nine interviews scheduled for this week and another 11 applicants in the works. "You'd think by now, they would know that they need to start making these plans for in advance," Viets said.But, the fix is not fast. They are also working with vendors to increase hourly wages for drivers. The district also says they have added bus vendors and hosted job fairs to beef up their roster. "I would like to be able to just be like, 'OK, this is all set,'" Viets said.
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That is not much comfort to parents who still remember last fall, when a bus driver shortage left 2,000 CPS families scrambling for a ride on the first day. "CPS will honor our transportation obligations to those students who are most in need, beginning with children who have transportation services as part of their IEPs or 504 Plans and students in temporary living situations." "Families who had requested 2022-23 transportation by the third week of July for their students, including students in general education, have been approved for transportation, but the District expects it will receive additional requests prior to and following the start of school.
The District is in the process of creating those transportation routes now and will communicate with families through email, phone calls, and postcards to share specific transportation details before the new school year begins on August 22. These students will be prioritized as CPS creates the routes for the new school year. "At the Chicago Board of Education July meeting, the Board approved a policy that prioritizes the transportation needs of children with diverse learning needs and students in temporary living situations.
CPS will continue its search for qualified vendors who can help meet students' transportation needs. "To help address the national shortage, CPS hosted several job fairs and issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for transportation services which garnered CPS five new vendors for a total of 15 student transportation companies. "Chicago Public Schools (CPS) remains committed to providing transportation to all eligible students amid a national driver shortage. The district released a statement Wednesday saying they will prioritize the transportation needs of students in IEPs, and routes are being developed now and will be shared prior to the school year: I will require busing."īut CPS still hasn't told Viets how they'll get her son to school. I have no other way to get him to school. "So I made it very clear - I cannot transport them myself. "I cannot physically be at one school over there in Lincoln Park and one school over on Irving Park," Viets said.
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