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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read an interview with a newly arrived Syrian refugee back at the height of the crisis (or the height of the American media attention to the crisis.) He was saying it was hard to live in a new place, he missed his home and was scared for his people, BUT... in America, they have a special bus that only children are allowed to ride. It picks kids up for school every day, and brings them home afterwards! ALL children, not just rich ones. And it's painted a bright sunny yellow to make children happy. And he thought that was just the most miraculous thing, to live in a country that cares so much about its kids.

I tear up whenever I think about that interview. [/quote]
School buses are indeed amazing. I found myself wondering during the pandemic whether today’s society would set that system up at all now.[/quote]

There’s a huge school bus driver shortage. Nobody wants to drive a school bus because the kids are so “rowdy” and the pay is terrible.

The school bus driver shortage remains severe
Without job quality improvements, workers, children, and parents will suffer

and September, numerous media reports drew attention to school bus driver shortages across the country. The turbulence resulting from these shortages has at times been dramatic. In Louisville, Kentucky, school district leaders fumbled the rollout of an expensive new routing software intended to reduce the number of school bus drivers needed, leading to misplaced students and forcing the school district to halt classes for more than a week. Meanwhile, in New York City, the union contract for school bus drivers expired, with contentious negotiations resulting in a narrowly averted strike.

Bus drivers tend to be older and are paid dismal weekly wages

Although the worst health threats of the pandemic have abated, school bus drivers are still sharply impacted by the pandemic’s fallout. School bus drivers tend to be significantly older than the typical worker. In 2021, 72.6% of state and local government school bus drivers were age 50 and older, compared with 37.5% of state and local government employees and 30.8% of private-sector workers. The age makeup of the school bus driver workforce made these workers more vulnerable to the effects of COVID, contributing to workers leaving the profession and being reluctant to return. Since the return to in-person schooling, bus drivers also report increased confrontations with students and parents.

https://www.epi.org/blog/the-school-bus-driver-shortage-remains-severe-without-job-quality-improvements-workers-children-and-parents-will-suffer/

It’s a terrible job because of low pay and children bullying and attacking other kids and the driver.

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