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re: BR bus drivers mad over possible plan to change routes start times for some students
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:13 pm to Pintail
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:13 pm to Pintail
quote:
Go to the schools and recruit these people.
Do you live in some alternate universe?
These are low paying jobs with very few benefits. Sure bus drivers may only work 20 hours a week but have you ever driven anywhere with a kid or kid(s) in the car? Imagine that x25 unrestrained with no AC.
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Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:13 pm to Locoguan0
quote:
FedEx starts at $38k.
FedEx also runs routes day and night, 6 days a week, the whole year.
And the drivers actually have to get off their seats to do things.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:14 pm to Pintail
quote:They rotate days. Even if we only needed 10, 20 of the remaining 25 have kids. Of the remaining 25, 15 could never get their CDL to drive a bus and another 10 married rich and would never “stoop so low.” See how it plays out?
we need all 50 teachers for after and before school duty, etc
Like a poster said, if it were a good job there would not be a shortage. This is a problem plaguing MANY Parishes btw.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:16 pm to Byrdybyrd05
The only workable solution is to reduce the number of kids riding the bus.
Give parents a monthly $50 gift card if they. bring their kids to and from school.
The bus drivers are mad because they don’t want to work more hours driving more routes.
It would be three hours in morning and three hours in afternoon. At that point you are almost full time.
Give parents a monthly $50 gift card if they. bring their kids to and from school.
The bus drivers are mad because they don’t want to work more hours driving more routes.
It would be three hours in morning and three hours in afternoon. At that point you are almost full time.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:17 pm to Havoc
quote:Not in any cases where there are feeder schools.
Everything you’re saying would be specific to the specific school.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:20 pm to bigpetedatiga
Unsure why you took my comment as an indication that I was ‘upset’
Back to reality, let’s discuss the fact that youve proposed that we consider the input of bus drivers who say its hot driving a bus in the summer.
Back to reality, let’s discuss the fact that youve proposed that we consider the input of bus drivers who say its hot driving a bus in the summer.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:20 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Here in comal county tx,
High school, middle and elementary all have staggered start times and we have a bus driver shortage, but the kiddos get home on time.
High school, middle and elementary all have staggered start times and we have a bus driver shortage, but the kiddos get home on time.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:21 pm to whoa
quote:
These are low paying jobs with very few benefits. Sure bus drivers may only work 20 hours a week but have you ever driven anywhere with a kid or kid(s) in the car? Imagine that x25 unrestrained with no AC.
After august everyone will forget there isn’t AC on the bus until this time next year.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:21 pm to Pintail
Man, you seriously need to sit this one out.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:26 pm to shutterspeed
quote:I think we need to send him to LDOE to fix this mess.
Man, you seriously need to sit this one out.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:32 pm to Quatrepot
The issue they have is they want them to work longer hours for no extra pay. They wouldn’t mind it to much if they got paid for their extra work
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:32 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:Pretty sure that my High School’s first bell was not long after 7am.
If high schools start at 7 - there will be even more drop outs.
Its been a while, but pretty darn sure I was getting up at 6am in high school.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:35 pm to whoa
quote:
Do you live in some alternate universe? These are low paying jobs with very few benefits. Sure bus drivers may only work 20 hours a week but have you ever driven anywhere with a kid or kid(s) in the car? Imagine that x25 unrestrained with no AC.
All I can think is these people don’t live in Baton Rouge or places like it. These drivers have to drive around kids, many who are delinquents, in BR traffic, in dangerous neighborhoods when it’s 110 degrees. They get no support from administration when there are issues on the bus and if they do try to discipline the kids they often have parents trying to fight them. I can’t even imagine what it would take to get me to take that job.
This post was edited on 8/23/23 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:39 pm to Ryan3232
quote:some have to be there around 7 now. The kids are probably a little different than when you went to school.
Pretty sure that my High School’s first bell was not long after 7am.
Did you go to class with a guy that was awaiting his trial for murder?
Posted on 8/23/23 at 9:40 pm to tigerbacon
quote:And many have other jobs.
The issue they have is they want them to work longer hours for no extra pay
One of my good friends is an electrician. He drives the bus then expects to be home at a certain time to meet his helper and go wire houses. He can’t take 2 more hours out of his day.
Another friend who drives a bus works for a Lumber yard and they expect him there at 830, not 10.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:03 pm to Quatrepot
Solid points.
And I have no viable solutions or suggestions to improve the situation for these people working a second job as an EBR school bus driver. Tough way to earn extra income , which has likely always been an easy way to earn extra income, but has suddenly become challenging.?.
Maybe Id say that with all things in life we have to take the good with the bad.
Did your friends who drive a bus as a 2nd job tell you how good they had it before they ran into the scheduling challenge they are faced with this year? Are they strong enough to adapt and still do their primary job with their secondary job being inconvenient?
If not, can they find a different secondary job that they wont cry to you about?
Do you catch my drift here?
And I have no viable solutions or suggestions to improve the situation for these people working a second job as an EBR school bus driver. Tough way to earn extra income , which has likely always been an easy way to earn extra income, but has suddenly become challenging.?.
Maybe Id say that with all things in life we have to take the good with the bad.
Did your friends who drive a bus as a 2nd job tell you how good they had it before they ran into the scheduling challenge they are faced with this year? Are they strong enough to adapt and still do their primary job with their secondary job being inconvenient?
If not, can they find a different secondary job that they wont cry to you about?
Do you catch my drift here?
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:46 pm to Quatrepot
How? It doesn’t seem possible with the current times. Do they work evening or overnight jobs? Can’t get in 8 hours between drop of and pickup at the current school times.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:53 pm to PennsTiger
This is entirely normal in larger cities. Are you gonna have elementary, middle, and high school bus drivers with their own busses running one half-hour route per day? Or would you be smart and have one driver with one bus drive three routes each morning and afternoon for the three different schools at staggered times?
More simply, would you, as a tax payer, rather pay for the service or pay 3x for the exact same service? Call me crazy but I’d rather pay 1x than 3x for the same result.
More simply, would you, as a tax payer, rather pay for the service or pay 3x for the exact same service? Call me crazy but I’d rather pay 1x than 3x for the same result.
Posted on 8/23/23 at 10:54 pm to Long Ball Larry
quote:They don’t drive for EBR Parish.
Did your friends who drive a bus as a 2nd job tell you how good they had it before they ran into the scheduling challenge they are faced with this year?
Posted on 8/23/23 at 11:00 pm to PennsTiger
quote:Well the electrician owns the company. Not sure what kind of arrangement the lumber yard guy has with hours but most bus drivers I know drive as a 2nd and part time job.
How? It doesn’t seem possible with the current times. Do they work evening or overnight jobs? Can’t get in 8 hours between drop of and pickup at the current school times.
I know of one who owns a tire store and another, a small nursery.
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