OVIEDO, Fla. – Transportation officials at Seminole County Public Schools said the district is in need of school bus drivers.
Stan McKinzie, of the school district’s transportation services, explained it’s typical to see a shortage every school year.“We have approximately 330 bus drivers.
We are about 25-30 bus drivers short, but we are usually like that every year,” he said.McKinzie said the department is working with Career Source Central Florida and other community outlets to recruit more drivers.A banner seeking drivers has also been posted outside Winter Springs Elementary. “I call a bus driver a teacher on wheels.