![]() ![]() "You name any company they do home delivery, and that is taking our drivers out of the pool." Columbus City Schools "We’ve never had all of these home delivery service options before," he said. Palmer said another obstacle is drivers finding alternative careers that keep them behind the wheel. Districts can’t retain a driver when they want to retire." The biggest is that many drivers are more elderly, possibly retiring or needing to take time off. "The pool of candidates has drastically shrunk over the last five years," Palmer said. Why has the driver shortage plagued districts for several years? We're just days away from the start of the school year for Central Ohio districts, and many said they are still actively recruiting bus drivers. We reached out to the school for comment but did not hear back.Ī Columbus City Schools spokesperson said a limousine is not an Ohio Department of Education-approved vehicle for school transportation.COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) - "Parents should absolutely be concerned," Ohio School Board Association Transportation Consultant Doug Palmer said. said his kids go to Graham Elementary and Middle School. RELATED | Columbus City Schools considering paying parents to drive kids to school This includes the use of vans and additional certification opportunities for trainees," Dixon said. ![]() "Our team is also advocating at the state level for measures that would enable us to provide improved transportation services. Talisa Dixon said that 15to 20% of the district's drivers called off almost every day last week. In a board meeting Tuesday night, Columbus City Schools superintendent Dr. The bus driver shortage is impacting kids all across Central Ohio. "The buses don’t come in the morning, they don’t come at night, they don’t have a driver for our kids to make it to school and back," she said. Jaye said the Rogers family has always been generous and she is thankful her kids now have a way to get to school. "He’s a blessing, he is a blessing that’s helpful it helps a lot of kids out," Quetta Jaye said. On Monday he took 25 kids to school and on Tuesday he helped 42 kids with a ride. "A little girl almost made me cry yesterday because she cried because she missed, I think they said she missed almost a week of school just due to transportation, and she cried because she was so happy to go to school," Rogers Jr. On Friday he posted his idea on Facebook and had dozens of parents reach out - many from the Linden neighborhood where he grew up. "Everybody always wants to say let's help the community let's stop this violence that type of stuff but I feel like a big step of stopping the violence is getting kids to school instead of letting them skip school and go out and get into trouble," Rogers Jr. decided he would use his family's limousine to roll out the red carpet and help get kids to school. said.Īfter his kids missed a day of school on Friday when their bus didn't show up, Rogers Jr. "Everybody is so shocked like who is this guy pulling up in a limo and then they wonder who is in the back seat," Sean Rogers Jr. ![]() COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) - The statewide school bus shortage is driving one Central Ohio man to get creative. ![]()
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