About 600 public and Catholic school students in Hamilton felt the impact of a bus driver shortage on the first day of school Tuesday.
The chair of Hamilton’s public school board says they were 18 drivers short, resulting in a “doubling up” of some routes.
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Todd White adds that the average delay was 17 minutes on those “posted routes” and a 40-minute delay being the “worst case scenario.”
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He stresses that the “number one priority” is getting all students to school on time.
White says finding enough bus drivers for all routes is a struggle on many fronts, including wages and competition between neighbouring regions for the same pool of drivers.
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