The problem is that in Manatee County school district has been struggling with a shortage of bus drivers all year. It’s even getting worse because of drivers’ high absenteeism (which means the practice of regularly staying away from work or school without good reason.) now students and their families are suddenly paying the price. Not only them by the drivers too but not with driver shortage but with their pay. Well since they mention that they have “been struggling with a shortage of bus drivers all year.”
I think that the problem has started this year. The reason why this is a problem is that the children were all receiving “hardship busing,” meaning even though they don’t live in Anna Maria Elementary School system attendance zone and were admitted to AME on school choice, they had been extended busing as a courtesy. The parents whose children are being dropped are angry, frustrated and concerned. However, they point to the low salaries for drivers as a big part of the problem. When the main problem is the low shortage of bus drivers’.
The people that responsible for the problem are the Anna Maria Elementary School they tried sending a letter to the students. The students received letters from the school district on Nov. 2, stating the district would no longer provide transportation for their children effective Nov. 8, just six days later. After parents protested, the date was extended to Nov. 21. But their busing is still being cut.
Well in the article they had a discussion Katie one of the parents emailed the Superintendent named Diane Greene and stated: “There is absolutely no reason that my son and the other students who got the letter should be prohibited to ride this bus.”
So, by what it says in this article in this discussion both the mother of one