Bus driver shortage hits JA
Education, News, Plain City News
September 20, 2025

Bus driver shortage hits JA

By Michael Williamson 

Jonathan Alder is having no luck finding additional bus drivers to fill its routes.

At the September board of education meeting, district officials stressed that unless they can find some backup, substitute or full-time bus drivers, they’re looking at a possible shortage.

“If we have one driver ri...

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