St. Louis school district is offering to pay some families to drive their kids to school as part of an effort to offset a shortage of bus drivers. The St.
By Jim Salter | The Associated Press FILE - Yvette Lewis, a Metro High School security guard, watches as a fleet of Missouri Central Bus Company school
Employees with Missouri Central School Bus in St. Louis received notice Tuesday that their jobs will be gone at the end of the school year. The company decided to terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools at the end of the school year.
A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early, bringing an end to a relationship strained after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic and an ensuing driver walkout that snarled bus service for one of Missouri s largest school systems.