FILE - Yvette Lewis, a Metro High School security guard, watches as a fleet of Missouri Central Bus Company school busses leaves the school following dismissal, Feb. 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo. The school district in St. Louis is offering some parents gas cards and money to drive their kids to school for the remainder of the school year. The move comes amid a shortage of bus drivers in St. Louis. ST. LOUIS — St.
Under the plan, families who have experienced “chronic bus absenteeism” this school year will receive gas cards for the next two weeks. Starting May 13, all families in the district “willing to transport their children” can receive $75 for each of the last two weeks of school. In March, Missouri Central School Bus Co. announced it would terminate its contract with the district at the end of the school year. The relationship between the company and district grew strained after aof a Black mechanic and an ensuing driver walkout snarled bus service for one of Missouri’s largest school systems.