Boston city officials say school district is fully staffed with bus drivers

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The new school year begins for most Boston students on Sept. 7. Officials said they are still in the process of training additional bus drivers and bringing on more bus monitors.

With the start of school less than a month away, Boston city officials said they have a fully-staffed team of school bus drivers for the first time since before the pandemic. District leaders hope this will translate to more on-time arrivals and drop-offs for students.

“Every parent should be able to go to work in the morning knowing that their student will get to and from school safely and on time,” said Mayor Michelle Wu during a Wednesday news conference outside Trotter Elementary in Roxbury. The district has on hand more than 700 bus drivers, with an additional 35 drivers in training. Wu said roughly 600 yellow school buses transport 20,000 city students every day. The first day of Boston Public Schools for most students is Sept. 7.Boston Public Schools has historically

 

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