Green Country school districts dealing with bus driver shortages

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TULSA, Okla. — Several schoolhouse districts crossed Green Country are looking to capable dozens of autobus operator jobs amid a continued shortage.

Bixby Public Schools canceled classes crossed the territory Wednesday to bid autobus drivers connected alternate routes.

Bixby Public Schools Superintendent Rob Miller says 8 drivers are retired this week due to the fact that of Covid-19, different aesculapian issues, and idiosyncratic reasons. Superintendent Miller says it's astir 20% of their proscription staff.

The territory says they'll beryllium moving a modified docket done Friday November 12th. Superintendent Miller says implicit the adjacent 7 days, families volition person 1 time wherever they're liable for getting their kids to schoolhouse themselves.

"We cognize this is an inconvenience for galore of our families truthful we're going to enactment done this arsenic rapidly arsenic we can, but that's conscionable our caller mean with Covid-19 and unit shortages. We're having to beryllium originative and tally done this," said Superintendent Miller.

To spot however your routes astatine Bixby Public Schools volition beryllium impacted: Supt Message: School Closure & Alternate Bus Schedule | Bixby Public Schools (bixbyps.org)

Bixby Public Schools is 1 of respective districts dealing with autobus operator shortages.

Owasso Public Schools needs 5 drivers. If you're funny successful driving with the territory you tin telephone the proscription bureau astatine 918-272-2231 oregon sojourn their employment website astatine https://www.applitrack.com/owasso/onlineapp/default.aspx?Category=Support+Staff+-+Transportation.

Union Public Schools needs 6 autobus drivers. They're offering a $2,000 motion connected bonus for drivers. The territory says that has helped them significantly.

Jenks Public Schools needs 11 autobus drivers. The territory says they're consolidating immoderate routes and actively recruiting drivers. If you're funny you tin telephone JPS Transportation astatine 918-299-4415 ext. 5702.

Broken Arrow Public Schools needs 20 drivers. The territory says they person 6 drivers successful grooming and 5 that conscionable passed their licensure exam.

At Tulsa Public Schools, the territory needs 20 drivers close now.

Steve Blakley, Director of Transportation astatine Tulsa Public Schools, says presently they person 37 little drivers than earlier the pandemic. They've reduced their fig of routes from 144 to 104.

"Which means that we are covering the aforesaid country of the metropolis for our schools but we present person longer routes. We person much predominant stops. The routes commencement earlier successful the greeting and they extremity aboriginal successful the afternoon," said Blakley.

He says they're moving to prosecute much drivers truthful they tin beryllium much efficient. They're offering a 12-month declaration and a $500 signing bonus that's paid retired aft 2 months.

If you're funny successful driving with TPS you tin sojourn https://www.tulsaschools.org/careers.

2 News Oklahoma's Naomi Keitt asked Superintendent Rob Miller astir the crushed down the shortages. He said the licensing trial is precise hard and radical person reservations astir driving due to the fact that of the pandemic. Superintendent Miller says helium wants to enactment with the authorities to find caller ways to incentivize caller drivers.

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