As in Wake County, students and parents took the brunt of it having havingto scramble for transportation.
Students at Nash Central Junior High School did manage to get rides homeTuesday, but just after school let out, there were hundreds of strandedstudents on school grounds. The scene at nearby W.L. Green Middle Schoolwas much the same after bus drivers walked out Tuesday afternoon.
One driver said they were offered a new contract that changed the way drivers were to be paid. They had been paid by the mile. The new contractwas structured to pay drivers by the hour. The driver told WRAL-TV5'sBret Baier that meant they would be paidless for doing the same job.
Unlike Wake County school administrators, those in Nash County had no warning the strike was coming.
Nash County Director of Transportation, Don McClurley, said about 600 students were affected by Tuesday's walkout.
Twelve drivers failed to show up and, according to McClurley never toldschool officials that they wouldn't or why they wouldn't.
Parent Diane Savage says she was very angry about the way the strikingdrivers handled the situation.
McClurley says Nash County will find a way to cope, and will get studentsto school.
The driver who spoke with Baier said the striking drivers would not be driving their buses Wednesday morning if they do not get a deal they likeTuesday night.
Wake County's dispute stemmed from an acute shortage of drivers, which ledto a series of occurrences. Nash County also has a shortage of drivers, but it is not as serious as Wake's.
Photographer:Lori Foushee
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