The Environmental Protection Agency identified roughly 80 school districts in Tennessee for first dibs in “clean” school bus funding.
School bus drivers are feeling left out of state’s education overhaul discussions
Longtime school bus drivers like Eric Warfield can feel like an afterthought to education leaders. This school year so far, Metro Nashville Public Schools has lost 34 drivers, including 22 who resigned, 10 who retired and two who passed away, according to school officials.
Concerns About Schoolchildren’s Safety, Campus Speech Spur New Tennessee Laws For 2018
Listen Worries about the safety of children as they travel to and from school has led to two new laws that go into effect Jan. 1 in Tennessee. But state leaders also fear college students have been overly protected, a situation they’ve also decided to address with a new law. They’re among the measures that take […]
Metro Schools Offers Bonus To Keep Bus Drivers, Promises Pay Raise
Nashville Metro Schools is offering a bonus to keep more bus drivers from leaving to stop what the district calls “unusually high attrition.” Drivers have been lured away by higher hourly pay and signing bonuses in the thousands of dollars at trucking companies and private bus lines. District officials acknowledge they have not remained competitive with […]
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