TRENDS
School Transportation News received 367 total responses to an email survey sent in April to 5,482 readers with the job titles of transportation director and supervisor, for a response rate of over 6 percent. They answered questions about their current school bus driver and mechanic shortages, and what they are doing to combat them. Learn more throughout this month’s magazine.
What is the current state of your school bus driver shortage going into the new school year? 61%
......Short drivers 33% .....Fully staffed 3%
........Contract out drivers 3% ........Other (Routes covered but need subs, drivers are retiring soon) (Out of 364 responses.)
Do you believe the national driver shortage generally causes transportation directors to lower their hiring standards? 55%
.....Yes 37%
......No 8% ........I don’t know (Out of 356 responses.)
68%
......Respondents who say they are actively soliciting more drivers for the new school year. (Out of 354 responses.)
On average, school district or companies said they are
short 2 mechanics. (Out of 58 responses.)
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1,685 .... The total number of school bus drivers vacancies that at all districts or companies that responded to the survey.
8
..........The average number of drivers that these districts or companies are short by.
100
......The most driver vacancies reported by one district. (Out of 217 responses.)
What steps are your department, district or company taking to attract new applicants?
78%
......Radio/TV/internet/newspaper/trade magazine/social media ads 31%
......Job fairs 15%
......Ads on school marquees, signs on buses, flyers, banners around city
12% ...... Initiating relationships with local universities and colleges (Out of 237 responses. Multiple answers allowed. Total does not equal 100.)
What is the current state of your mechanics heading into the new school year?
65% ......We are fully staffed 17% ......We are short mechanics 11% ......We contract out our repair services 7%
(Out of 348 responses.)
Other (no mechanic position as it’s a small district, could change due to retirement)
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