SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The Sioux Falls School District may be short of bus drivers when school begins later this month
School Bus Inc. is the company that has the contract to transport Sioux Falls students to and from school by bus. Manager Jim Shafer tells the Argus Leader that concerns over the coronavirus pandemic is partially to blame for the shortage.
Shafer said in a normal year, the district would still be looking for 10-15 drivers. He said it’s about double that this year.
Shafer said driver applications are coming in, but there’s background checks, physicals and other tests potential hires need to do.
Shafer said “the district has done pretty extensive stuff” in the way of precautions. Those include an expectation by the district that drivers wear masks.
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