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Shortage reaches a crisis
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Micky Ryan has been driving a school bus for 27 years and is one of three current drivers for USD 250 who will retire at the end of the current school year. She said she loves children and enjoys her interactions with those who ride her bus daily. USD 250 Chief Operations Officer Tom Stegman said the drivers play an important role in the lives of the children they transport. “We have children who need those adults,” he said. - photo by Ron Womble
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- That school bus drivers are in short supply is not news. Districts across the U.S. have been struggling to fill vacant positions for a long time. But in Pittsburg’s USD 250, the situation is getting critical.