COVID-19 Impacting Key Positions Within School Districts

Retirements could impact staffing for local school districts.

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New tonight --- as virtual classes become the norm -- bus drivers are finding their future ---*uncertain.

44news report tyler druin -- sitting down with several -- to talk about the challenges - this year had brought.

The school bus drivers i spoke to say, they would never change their careers despite being in the middle of a pandemic - in fact their sisterhood is stronger than ever nats - "i became a school bus driver, you're the first one they see in the morning you tell them hello, have a good day, you're the last one you see when they go home" with thousands of children enrolled in virtual classes, the number of students on school buses have lessened- "between all of us we have 102 years of experience driving school buses on the streets of evansville" karen williams - spent nearly 3 decades as a school bus attendant, like many faculty and staff the long time bus monitor retiring before contracting covid-19 "i know there is a lot of other people that are getting ready to retire if they haven't retired already, 10 that i know of" evsc school board members say more educators and staff members are contemplating early retirement because of the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus - "we just really need more people to apply, to help build our numbers do to the drastic toll we have taken because of the pandemic" bus drivers in other school districts throughout the tri-state are currently laid off- facing unemployment challenges- some drivers struggling still waiting on unemployment benefits?i feel for the drivers sitting at home, we have a lot of open positions if they would come drive with us we would be happy to have them" just a month ago in warwick county nine bus drivers quarantine after being exposed to the virus- "at first i was afraid of covid being on the bus with all the children, we now spray and take care of everything, i am not afraid of it anymore" evsc school officials tell me they're always looking for sub teachers, food service workers and of course school bus drivers, to learn more about how to apply to one of these positions head to our website - wevv.com - in evansville