School Bus Drivers

This might throw a wrench into the start of school?

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/n...g-plan-2683547

[COLOR=#404041]“The employer is scrambling to figure out the plan, with only a short time to go, based on constantly changing advice from the government. I feel as though more could have been done to ensure as much safety as possible, like smaller class sizes and bus limits.”

You got to feel for those bus drivers, a lot of them are retirees which makes them top the @ risk covid list....

I know a few folks who loved to drive school buses,all retirees like me. They've decided that the risk to themselves and families is too great to chance it. They won't be returning this time. There'll be a shortage of drivers for sure. I wonder if the government has thought of that eventuality? They won't be able to just pull drivers out of the air. Even volunteers have to be trained and licensed before they go near a bus full of kids.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

I know a few folks who loved to drive school buses,all retirees like me. They've decided that the risk to themselves and families is too great to chance it. They won't be returning this time. There'll be a shortage of drivers for sure. I wonder if the government has thought of that eventuality? They won't be able to just pull drivers out of the air. Even volunteers have to be trained and licensed before they go near a bus full of kids.

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My wife and I were discussing this issue a few weeks ago. Seems like the bus problem hasn't been mentioned until now? Given that kids now almost all travel by bus, it's a little late I would say.

Is it the governments fault or should the bus companies (they are private companies) known better and prepared for this earlier....

Both, Buss companies should have known but might have helped if the province had reminded them early on.

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Originally Posted by fratri

Is it the governments fault or should the bus companies (they are private companies) known better and prepared for this earlier....

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The bus company here has been hiring for the last month or so . Not sure what others are doing but in York region they have been looking for drivers most of the summer.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Both, Buss companies should have known but might have helped if the province had reminded them early on.

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Why should it be up the the province to remind them to do their jobs lol.

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Here in Ottawa they are always hiring.

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Originally Posted by fishfood

The bus company here has been hiring for the last month or so . Not sure what others are doing but in York region they have been looking for drivers most of the summer.

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Here in Ottawa they are always hiring.

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It may be the case here too lol. But I have definitely noticed more advertising of it . One older lady I read a report and she couldn't bare to see the children in masks and quit .

Crazy times

Yet I am swamped with every partying hard lol. No wonder the cases are on the rise its party time [emoji23]

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