The Anchorage School District is moving to a rotating schedule for student transportation on buses, and hoping that an aggressive recruitment strategy can help attract enough drivers.
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.
“This is going to impact all general education students who are eligible for transportation. Our students who have special education, bus routing due to their individual education plan or IEP will not be affected. Those legal requirements for busing students with needs will continue as they have in the past,” Stock said. “One thing we can do is continue to pull together as a community. We can recruit, recruit, recruit, as best we can do right now.
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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