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The news comes after Wake school board members voted to approve the measures during Tuesday's meeting
Today, Wake County Schools could approve bonuses for bus drivers to help resolve an ongoing shortage.
A metro transit bus driver in Minneapolis is being hailed a hero after he saved a little boy who had wandered off during a snowstorm.
Jeremy Osborne admits he cussed at a school bus driver, but his aunt says that's no excuse for what she believes was an assault.
Cassie Brunson says her nephew, an 8th grader at Anne Chesnutt Middle School, came home with a dislocated collarbone on Thursday afternoon.
Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter
Wake County's school board discussed staffing Tuesday, as vacancy rates are steady for most jobs but continue to rise for bus drivers
Emily Walkenhorst, WRAL education reporter
Wake County Schools could approve bonuses on Tuesday for bus drivers to help resolve the shortage.
Lora Lavigne, WRAL anchor/reporter, and Nia Harden, WRAL reporter
The Wake County Public School System's programs allows for its stipend amount of $25 per day for up to $500 per month.
Joe Fisher, WRAL reporter
Superintendent Dr. Marvin Connelly blames the "pay compression" for school bus drivers - the small gap between new hires and long-time service - on a state requirement that newly hired bus drivers be paid $15 per hour.
Currently, new bus drivers hired by the district get paid $15 an hour, while current drivers get $15.93. Drivers who have been with the school district for years said that's a problem.
How much school bus drivers in our area get paid is leading to a protest. It starts at 5 a.m. in Cumberland County, and some families will be need to find another way to get their kids to school.
Cumberland County school bus drivers are sick of not being paid enough. This morning they'll begin a "sick out" in protest of their current pay.
Gilbert Baez and Nia Harden, WRAL reporters
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.
The district said drivers on all routes and for all grade levels share a headquarters where it is thought that COVID-19 spread among the staff.
Joe Fisher and Leslie Moreno, WRAL reporters
Over half the transportation staff for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be out of work for the next several days, leaving at least 21 buses not running for part of this upcoming week.
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.
Today, we'll learn more about how one Triangle district is addressing ongoing school bus issues. On Tuesday the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools approved the highest pay rate in the Triangle for bus drivers -- which is now 20 dollars an hour.
A shortage of bus drivers is causing issues for school districts across North Carolina. Today officials at Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools will be talking about ways to solve the problem.
The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education met Tuesday and approved the highest pay rate in the Triangle for bus drivers -- which is now $20 an hour.
Lora Lavigne, WRAL Durham reporter
Durham Public Schools' redistricting plan takes effect during the 2024-25 school year. It means the district's bus driver vacancy issue will get worse before it gets better.
Durham Public Schools' "Growing Together" redistricting plan means the district's bus driver vacancy issue will get worse before it gets better.
Monica Casey, WRAL Durham reporter
We're now halfway through the school year, and one local district is looking at a new approach to ending the ongoing bus driver shortage affecting families across the Triangle.
School districts across the Triangle continue to face challenges with the ongoing bus driver shortage, and some are considering making drastic changes to deal with this problem.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools are without bus drivers again on Friday.
