Staggered bus service for Anchorage School District students is set to last longer than expected as a bus driver shortage continues to fester.
While officials had earlier hoped to restore most bus service by October, the district was still short drivers Friday. The district currently has 172 drivers of the roughly 228 needed.
The district considered changing how the busing rotation works, perhaps shifting to two groups instead of three, but found that permanently adding serviced routes was more efficient.Anchorage’s “late and robust tourism season” has meant a group of drivers expected to start in September have yet to begin, though the district anticipates some coming back in the next several weeks, Holland said.
When the shortage began, the district could provide rides to only a third of eligible riders at once. Now, about half of the students can receive rides. Roughly 11,600 riders of about 25,300 will have bus service as of Monday, including students on the south side of the district as well as in Eagle River and Chugiak who will be receiving bus service for the first time this school year.
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