![]() The filling those positions could be difficult. "We have been actively advertising, recruiting, hiring, and training drivers as quickly as possible," she said. Tumwater is facing a shortage of 15-20 drivers, spokeswoman Laurie Wiedenmeyer said. "Thus, we have a need for more substitute bus drivers." "We currently have eight open bus routes to start the school year this fall and are pulling in employees from our substitute driver pool to fill those routes," spokeswoman Susan Gifford said. Olympia school district has similar needs. "We have done it before," said Maddux, who used to be a substitute bus driver before she rose to become transportation director. And if they don't get the drivers they need, Maddux's administration is prepared to get behind the wheel. The district needs 20-25 substitute drivers and currently has only three, she said. ![]() North Thurston Public Schools has 91 routes and 87 drivers, but has an even greater need when it comes to its supply of substitute drivers, transportation director Deanna Maddux said. Thurston County's largest school districts - North Thurston, Olympia and Tumwater - say they are facing bus driver shortages as the beginning of the school year approaches. 15-The COVID-19 pandemic has created shortages of workers, supplies and now, school bus drivers. ![]()
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