Active duty airmen will soon drive school buses for students at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, which will let four regular drivers shift to other routes. That will still leave the school district down more than 60 drivers.
The district is continuing to hire and train drivers to get more bus service to students, according to Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt. The district is currently down 66 drivers. Twenty-five new hires are in training, and 17 others will be returning to the district from other jobs by Sept. 19, he said.
“We’re in arm’s reach of our goal of being fully staffed by October,” Bryantt said in an interview Friday. The district has also been working with the Municipality of Anchorage and the State of Alaska to adjust traffic flow since more parents have been driving to schools and more kids have been walking, said Bryantt.
For example, he wrote in a message to families Friday, adjustments at the intersection of Abbott Road and Elmore Road made traffic 30 minutes quicker this week than last week.
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