![]() ![]() That’s led to 600 to 1,500 students being roughly an hour late to classes everyday since the beginning of the school year. Perry Township employs 102 bus drivers, but the district hasn’t found people to fill its 42 open full-time and substitute driver positions. Now a national bus driver shortage rooted in the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the ongoing lack of drivers for the southside district. Superintendent Pat Mapes said the district has struggled to find drivers since he was hired nearly seven years ago. ![]() Next summer, 2,300 K-4 grade students will be forced to switch schools. The Perry Township Schools Board unanimously voted Monday to end open enrollment and enforce boundaries for elementary schools to address its dire bus driver shortage. The boundaries take effect for the 2023-24 academic year. The new boundaries for Perry Township elementary schools are divided based on major roads to prevent separating neighborhoods. ![]()
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