Huron Schools To Up Bus Driver Pay In Effort To Fill Open Routes

 

High School 1The Huron School District needs school bus drivers and needs them bad. Superintendent Terry Nebelsick says the district is two route drivers short with the school year two weeks away…

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During a special meeting of the Huron School Board Monday afternoon the Board also approved a one-thousand dollar hiring bonus to be paid at 500-dollars immediately and the other half at the end of the school year. Nebelsick says the options if drivers can not be found are undesirable…

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Nebelsick says the driver shortage could have long ranging effects on the District….

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Substitute drivers would be eligible for a 500-dollar signing bonus to be paid with 250-dollars at the start of the year and the remaining sum paid to drivers in the spring.