Wheels on the Bus Still Go Round and Round, Even as Local Schools Struggle to Find Drivers

 

Joyce Kryszak, 

Maine Monitor

The shortage of school bus drivers has reached a crisis point in Washington County, with school administrators resorting to extreme measures — including driving the bus themselves. 

“When I open the bus door, they look up and see me and say, ‘Oh! Mr. Maker is driving the bus today,’ ” said Tony Maker, principal of Elm Street School in East Machias. “I say, yeah, you never know who you’re gonna see driving the bus.”

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