COVID outbreak cancels more than 20 bus routes for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
Over half the transportation staff for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be out of work for the next several days, leaving at least 17 buses not running for part of this upcoming week.
Posted — Updated"Several members of our Transportation team have tested positive for COVID or are feeling ill, and they are appropriately staying home until they can return to work," wrote Andy Jenks, Chief Communications Officer for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.
As of Sunday afternoon, at least 25 staff members – out of 42 drivers plus office staff – are out for the next several days.
Jenks listed the bus runs impacted on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
- Bus 7
- Bus 19
- Bus 20
- Bus 22
- Bus 40
- Bus 65
- Bus 67
- Bus 69
- Bus 76
- Bus 114
- Bus 116
- Bus 128
- EC Bus 130
- Bus 131
- Bus 132
- EC Bus 143
- Bus 144
- Bus 66
- Bus 71
- Bus 81
- Bus 247
In the afternoons, families of students in grades K-2 are asked to receive their children at the bus stop.
"Per district policy, if any students grades K-2 are driven back to school because there was no parent/caregiver at the bus stop, that will lengthen the delays," writes Jenks.
School officials ask that families please make alternate travel arrangements for school, or, contact the Transportation office at (919) 942-5045 beginning Monday at 6:30 a.m., and they will arrange to have another bus pick up your student as soon as one can be made available, which will be after 9 a.m. The student will not be considered “tardy” as a result of this.
"We will first cover all elementary schools and EC buses to the best of our abilities, and then move to middle and high schools. This means middle and high school students may be delayed more significantly than elementary school students," writes Jenks.
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