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Lake Park Audubon School District has ‘drastic need’ for bus drivers

December 6, 2022

Jim Monk,

LAKE PARK, Minn. (KVRR-KDLM) – Officials with the Lake Park Audubon School District say there is a “drastic need” for bus drivers. The district said on social media that routes and extracurricular activities had to be canceled due to lack of bus drivers multiple times this year. “When our bus drivers are ill, we have no substitute drivers to cover…

Parents in Moorhead worried about new bussing plan

Bus driver shortages are changing the ways many parents will get their children to school in Moorhead.

August 12, 2022

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) -Bus driver shortages are changing the ways many parents will get their children to school in Moorhead. A Moorhead Area Public Schools office says this is a problem they’re working to solve immediately. He says over the last two years they’ve lost 14 drivers. Some have aged out and went into retirement so now their mission will…

Transportation supervisor terminated from West Fargo Public Schools as dispute over bus drivers’ wages continues

September 1, 2021

Site Staff,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The former operations supervisor for the West Fargo Public Schools Transportation Dept. believes he was terminated this week because he’s speaking up on behalf of school bus drivers who want a pay increase. ” completely blindsided. There’s not one person in the entire building that saw that coming,” Kenneth Steiner said Wednesday afternoon regarding his termination….

West Fargo school bus drivers may refuse to work, families urged to find alternatives

August 19, 2021

Jim Monk,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Administrators say a critical shortage of drivers could make it very difficult for some students to get to school in the West Fargo Public School District. In an email Thursday, families are urged to establish a backup plan in case any routes are delayed or canceled. “District administration has been informed of a group of…