Guilford County Schools is extending a suspension of school bus service for some students as a shortage of bus drivers continues. School officials say almost a third of the county’s school bus drivers are unavailable because of vacancies, leave of absences or illnesses. They say a high number of COVID cases in the county is partly to blame.
Guilford County Schools has suspended bus service for some high schools in Greensboro and High Point. The suspension of bus service began Monday for eight Guilford high schools. They are Andrews, High Point Central and Kearns Academy in High Point, and Dudley, Grimsley, Page, Smith and The Academy at Smith in Greensboro. School officials say there aren’t enough drivers to staff those routes, a situation compounded by rising COVID-19 cases in the county.
GCS high school students in High Point and Greensboro won't have access to school buses for the next two weeks but will have access to free public transportation