BPS set to close Wednesday as district deals with bus driver shortage

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Posted at 7:27 AM, Nov 02, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-02 08:27:30-04

BIXBY, Okla. — Bixby parents request to marque arrangements for their kids Wednesday. The territory announced each schools volition beryllium closed owed to a shortage of autobus drivers.

The territory sent retired a substance to parents astir 7:50 p.m. Monday nighttime saying each schools are closed and determination volition not beryllium a virtual learning day.

Instead, the territory volition beryllium utilizing the time to bid staff.

The proscription section is down 8 drivers owed to a operation of “medical and idiosyncratic issues.”

In the enactment to parents, Bixby Public Schools accidental they are utilizing the time to bid drivers to grip further routes and hole for an alternate autobus docket implicit the adjacent 2 weeks.

Meanwhile, the territory is seeking further autobus drivers. Wages commencement astatine $15 an hr and spell up to $17 depending connected experience. It's full-time with benefits.

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