First Student bus driver shortage causes kids to miss school in SD57
PRINCE GEORGE- School age kids in the Caledonia Trailer Park on North Nechako road have been without reliable school bussing for weeks. The park is supposed to be serviced by routes 19 and 24, but both have been plagued by staffing challenges, leaving buses without drivers, kids without a way to school, and parents at their wits end.
Prince George City Transit stops just outside the Caledonia Trailer Park, and when concerned parents had exhausted all options looking for a transportation solution for their kids, this was the answer provided to them by a First Student dispatcher, something that has the top brass of SD-57 as concerned as the parents themselves.
When CKPG News reached out to First Student for comment on the driver shortage, this was this written response: