School districts are working to meet the challenges of social distancing students on buses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and bus drivers are voicing some safety concerns of their own.
OUT THAT EVEN IF SCHOOLS WANTEDTO RUN MORE BUSSES TO MEET THISCHALLENGE HEAD ON... THEY CAN’TBECAUSE OF A NATIONWIDE DRIVERSHORTAGE.SO THEY’RE HAVING TO GETCREATIVE WITH START TIMES.STILL... DRIVERS WHOSE AGE PUTSTHEM AT A HIGHER RISK WHEN ITCOMES TO COVID-19... AREEXPRESSING REAL CONCERNS.Cheryl MerrittSOT Getting sick and I don’twant to get sick.BUTT TOSOT I don’t, I don’t want this,I’m not ready to die you knowANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT KIDSWON’T FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCINGRULES ONCE THEY’RE ON A BUS.MANY DISTRICTS ARE ADDING BUSMONITORS TO ROUTES TO HELPADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.AND IN AN EFFORT TO HELP WITHAIR CIRCULATION, SOME STATES AREREQUIRING BUS WINDOWS TO BE OPENYEAR-ROUND.WE KNOW A LOT OFROUND.OPEN YEAR-WINDOWS
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