The Anchorage School District has unveiled the rotating bus schedule for students. The students will be broken into three cohorts, who will be able to ride the bus for three weeks out of the nine-week period.
At a press conference at the district headquarters Wednesday, Superintendent Jharrett Bryant stressed the dire nature of the shortage of over 70 drivers needed to provide transportation for all ASD students. Deputy Superintendent Mark Stock said that approximately 20,000 students are eligible to ride buses, but the district could only serve 7,000 on a daily basis.
The district’s Director of Maintenance and Operations Rob Holland said that the district is offering a $2,500 bonus over the first semester for both existing drivers, and any new drivers. Holland said that the district’s three-week training for drivers to earn their commercial driver’s license — a Department of Transportation and Public Facilities requirement to drive a school bus — is the shortest training course in Anchorage.
Stock also noted that the district has suspended parking fees at Anchorage high schools and that the gas card program would be expanded for families in need. Stock said that gas cards had been made available last year, but only about half were utilized by families.
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