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Or you can roll them in to the school board, stop running school busses for profit, bring the drivers on to the AUPE, treat them fairly, and attract enough drivers to fill the routes.
I don’t really care if it costs more. It’s an important part of education and we should be spending money on it.
I just retired from driving school bus in rural SK. The school division owns the buses and hires the drivers. We're members of CUPE and get full benefits, including the same pension plan as the teachers.
They still have trouble finding drivers. Part of it might be the pay, although I was pretty happy. I think most of it is lack of information and stereotyping. Most people are surprised by the pay and benefits when compared to typical part time jobs. A lot of people think dealing with kids and their parents is a nightmare. I had very few problems and don't know any drivers who struggle with kids or parents often enough to matter. I can tell you that it's a lot easier than dealing with the general public and a boss looking over your shoulder in retail!
Obviously, it won't work if you need high income full time work, but if you're already juggling jobs, you might as well drive school bus as one of them, at least around here.
I didn't realize you were the only person in Alberta. Sorry for not realizing that earlier.
But that questions why you haven't already done something? Given that you are the only person in Alberta, there is nobody else to do it.
Uhhh… k?
How about this solution? Work it in to their contracts that they pay heavy fines for busses running more than a half hour late in reasonable weather. It’s not the drivers making the busses late, it’s the companies.