‘Can’t make this up’! School district’s idea to keep bus drivers on the payroll while there are no in-person classes sends heads crashing to desks
Some schools in the U.S. have resumed in-person classes, but other public school districts are still making students stay at home. One such district is in Fairfax County in Virginia.
No classes at school means there’s no need for bus drivers, but it sounds like they’ve found a temporary fix for that “problem”:
Wha?? One of the largest school districts in the country is justifying keeping bus drivers on the payroll by…having them drive empty buses along their usual routes. @hannah_natanson: https://t.co/aspSzU9yvZ pic.twitter.com/qfFdII2rcu
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) September 11, 2020
