Name: COVID-19 spreads in bus driver break room, stalls Chapel Hill-Carrboro students
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Description: Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools went into triage mode Monday to get students to and from school after 24 of 42 school bus drivers tested positive for COVID-19 or showed cold symptoms. All drivers share a headquarters building on High School Road.

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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools went into triage mode Monday to get students to and from school after 24 of 42 school bus drivers tested positive for COVID-19 or showed cold symptoms. All drivers share a headquarters building on High School Road.

BREAKING NEWS STORY ON WRAL DOT COM AS WELL AS ON TELEVISION AND WRAL NEWS. PLUS, THE BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE IS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE FOR CHAPEL HILL. CARRBORO SCHOOLS BECAUSE OF A COVID OUTBREAK. MORE THAN HALF OF THE DRIVERS OUT SICK TODAY TOMORROW. 24 ROUTES WILL BE UNCOVERED SO FISHER IS LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL AND JOE, THE DISTRICT SAYS THE INCONVENIENCE FOR PARENTS IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. >> GERALD, THAT'S RIGHT. MANY PARENTS WHO RELY ON THE SCHOOL BUS EACH AND EVERY DAY TO GET THEIR KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL WERE INSTEAD WAITING IN VERY LONG DROP-OFF AND PICKUP LINES TODAY. THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY EXPECT THIS TO GO ON, AT LEAST UNTIL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY WITH MORE THAN 20 DRIVERS OUT SICK ON THE JORDY OF THEM TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. IN THIS LONG LINE OF CARS ARE PARENTS LIKE ISAAC ROACH IMPACTED BY A MAJOR SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS JUST KIND OF PUTS OR DAY BACK. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH PARTNERS. SO IT'S LIKE. >> YOU KNOW, WE REALLY TRY HAVE A VERY REGIMENTED SCHEDULE. HIS SON'S BUS ROUTE IS ONE OF 24 ROUTES CANCELED IN THE CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO SCHOOLS AFTER A COVID OUTBREAK IN THE DISTRICT'S TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. THAT'S THE BREAK ROOM. THAT'S THE OFFICE. IT'S THE RESTROOM. THE OUTBREAK STARTED FRIDAY WITH MORE DRIVERS GETTING SICK OVER THE WEEKEND. THE DISTRICT IS ASKING PARENTS TO FIND ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. >> BUT STILL PROMISING TO GET ALL KIDS TO SCHOOL WHO NEED A RIDE. THEY WERE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THE FOLKS WHO CAN BE AT WORK TODAY. SO STUDENTS COULD BE UP TO AN HOUR LATE TO SOME MIGHT BE LESS AND SOME MIGHT BE 15 OR 20 MINUTES. CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO SCHOOLS LIKE MOST OTHER DISTRICTS IS ALREADY FACING A DRIVER SHORTAGE THAT IMPACTS 3 TO 5 ROUTES. EACH SCHOOL DAY RECENTLY. THE DISTRICT INCREASED STARTING PAY TO 20 BUCKS AN HOUR AND IT'S WEIGHING LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS LIKE STAGGERED START TIMES FOR ITS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. >> IT CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS AND WE DON'T WANT IT TO GO ON LIKE THAT AS THEY WORK TO ATTRACT MORE BUS DRIVERS, THE INCONVENIENCE CONTINUES FOR PARENTS AND THE IMPACT. IT CONTINUES ON STUDENTS. SOME KIDS BE REALLY LATE COMING TO SCHOOL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY MISS OUT. ALL RIGHT. >> WHAT CLASS WORK AND TEACH AND STUFF. >> AND JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, I HEARD FROM A SPOKESPERSON WITH THE CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO SCHOOLS WHO TELLS ME THE LATEST NUMBERS ARE THAT 23 ROUTES WILL NOT BE COVERED TOMORROW MORNING. SO THIS WILL CONTINUE. THE DISTRICT IS PRIORITIZING ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND THOSE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THEY ARE THEN GOING TO WORK TO FILL ROUTES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW, DESPITE 20 PLUS BUS DRIVERS HAVING COVID-19. THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY HAVE NO REPORTED CLUSTERS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE GOTTEN SICK. >> THAT SO MANY FAMILIES HAVING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO FISHER LIVE IN

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