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Jim Elbrecht

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Well, there are a few problems. Drivers do get training, but you start
off with people who are very low paid. It's essentially part time,
seasonal work with no benefits.

That is entirely dependent on your district. Our district, and the
one I drove for many years ago, hires full time, pays well & includes
the same benefits the teachers get-- retirement, health, drug 7 dental
coverage.

Meanwhile, many districts in the same area contract out to low bidders
who hire folks who couldn't get a job at McDonalds. Those are the
ones you see on the news who molest their kids, leave them in the bus
when it gets locked up at night, get arrested for drunk driving, etc.

Oh, yeah-- I just remembered. My daughter, fresh out of college &
working for a non-profit after-school program for inner-city kids,
gets to drive her kids [short bus] as part of her duties. So some
of those drivers have 4 yr degrees from prestigious universities.g

Jim