🚌 Even in this era of big trucks and sport utility vehicles, there’s still something daunting about driving a school bus. It’s the size, but also the knowledge that you’re carting around a bunch of children. There’s little margin for error driving; there’s even less when it’s a school bus. It really does take a special kind of person to drive one.
And those people are becoming harder and harder to come by.
🚍 Driver shortages have persisted since school districts resumed in-person learning after the COVID-19 pandemic, and that’s led some districts in Northeast Ohio to get creative in hiring drivers. Avon Lake, Brunswick and Highland school districts have all offered a chance to drive a school bus. But it’s very easy to sit in the driver’s seat and feel intimidated.
đź”— Read more about the experience at the link in our bio.
🖊️ Vince Guerrieri
📸 Chloe Zola
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