Uncertainties Persist: School Bus Ops Cope With New COVID-19 Delta Variant and Mechanic Shortages
School Transportation Nation
English - August 10, 2021 19:05 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBNews Commentary News Education transportation schoolbus schooltransportation Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
With the new school year starting, school districts are deciding whether to require masks on the bus because of the COVID-19 Delta variant, as well as dealing with driver and mechanic shortages.
Learn how rural Menahga School District #821 in Minnesota never closed during COVID-19. Transportation Supervisor Christina Albin also discusses operational facets like running a bus garage with one mechanic and purchasing two new biodiesel buses with Volkswagen Mitigation Fund monies.
Read more at stnonline.com/tag/back-to-school.