A shortage of bus drivers is forcing the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District to implement rolling transportation cancellations starting Tuesday, the district announced.
A shortage of drivers is forcing the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District to implement rolling transportation cancellations starting Tuesday, the district announced this week.
The “unexpected driver shortage” will require rolling bus route cancellations for the beginning of the school year, starting Tuesday, Trani said in the letter. He said parents will get an update about the situation by Aug. 26. The rolling cancellations were grouped by certain secondary schools and their surrounding “feeder” schools, Morrissey said. For example, one day each week, the cancellations will target Palmer High School and the feeder schools around it.The district’s bus service contractor attributed the local shortage to a bus driver shortage being experienced nationwide, as well as “competition with tour bus companies,” Trani wrote.