ST. LOUIS — Parents can get paid to drive their children to school amid a bus driver shortage. St. Louis Public Schools has begun offering gas cards to families affected by “chronic bus absenteeism” throughout the school year. This initiative was detailed in a letter sent to parents on Monday. Starting May 13, all families […]
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. “We are excited to announce a new set of programs aimed at addressing the current challenges in transportation services,” Toyin Akinola, St. Louis Public Schools' director of transportation, wrote in a Monday letter to parents, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Under the plan, families who have experienced “chronic bus absenteeism” this school year will receive gas cards for the next two weeks.
A group of Missouri bus drivers organized a rally after one of their colleagues found a noose at his workstation. The walkout caused disruption for […] Black Bus Mechanic Says He’s Faced Racial Discrimination at Work, Was Recently Targeted When Someone Placed a Noose By His Station
Amin Mitchell, the employee who claims he was targeted by the gesture, shared two videos on Facebook that appear to show the noose lying on the ground near his workstation