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comment by katakowsj
katakowsj  ·  1106 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Would You Manage 70 Children And A 15-Ton Vehicle For $18 An Hour?

I have zero experience with First Student. If they can do the job well and do right by their people, more power to them.

I actually had the opportunity to speak with a real live, and really excellent public school bus driver today. We drove our 8th graders across town to see a high school production of "The sound of Music". The driver, Amanda, was a parent of a student I had several years back. She'd said she remembered me. I shared our conversation with her about the challenges facing bus drivers. I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Amanda and her husband operate business together and she says she drives a bus mainly to have a sense of connection with the surrounding community. It's sad that we have so few people of this character available to serve our schools.