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Due to the low unemployment rate in the United States, the most sought-after profession has appeared.

Low unemployment and a strong economy can be a problem when it comes to hiring people from certain professions: school districts throughout the United States have a serious shortage of school bus drivers.

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The problem has become so serious that some areas offer registration bonuses for new drivers, while others hire mechanics, cleaners and other school workers to do the job to fill the gap, writes ABC News.

For parents and students, a lack of drivers can mean longer waiting times and busier ones.

The shortage stems from many factors, including limited working time and high requirements for hiring. School bus drivers usually need commercial driver's licenses that require special training, sometimes without payment, says Mike Martin, executive director of the National Association of School Traffic.

“If you don't have a part-time job to fill the gaps between trips, you won't be able to earn the money you need to support your family,” Martin said. “These days, most people are looking for regular, full-time hours.”

Transportation Director Daniel Schulz from the Iowa Southeast Polk Community School District said that in the suburban area of ​​Des Moines, the constant shortage is aggravated by the fact that there are not so many retired farmers, and this group usually gets a job to earn extra income. Now the 51 driver is working in the district, they have to transport about 3400 students to and from school every day. Work mostly pensioners and parents sitting at home.

Even with the full hiring of administrators and bus mechanics, the shortage has already led to the fact that the routes have been reduced, now more children are waiting at each stop, and the buses are crowded. According to Schulz, the county needs to hire more 6-8 drivers.

“We have to meet double the standard,” Schultz says. — Right now I'm driving a bus and doing my regular job. The mechanics drive the bus and do their regular jobs - so instead of eight hours a day, I only get them for four. It's like taking a teacher out of class for half a day and expecting him to do the same amount of work."

According to Schulz, the driver’s salary starts at 19,10 dollars per hour, after which, after six months, rises by 2 dollars per hour, but the area cannot fill the vacancies. Schulz said he is now considering a “monthly rodeo”, where potential drivers can test the bus in the school parking lot.

“We're just trying to do the best we can today,” he says.

In St. Paul, Minnesota, some students are late for school because novice drivers are not familiar with standard routes. The school district in Ypsilanti, Michigan, was forced to cancel the school day in February, when some drivers fell ill and there was no one to replace them.

And in Hawaii last year, the shortage of drivers in Maui forced state officials to suspend travel on buses for some students and restrict travel for others. The area offered free monthly passes on local public transport.

In Lincoln, Nebraska, some jobs remain empty even after the local school district offered subscription bonuses in the amount of 1000 dollars for new employees and a guaranteed six-hour working day for all drivers. Officials also hired an Omaha contractor to hire on-demand drivers to transport approximately 4000 students per day. The county faced a shortage of 32 drivers this year, but cut it to 8, said transport director Ryan Robley.

Christy Meyers, the driver of the Lincoln Public School bus, said she said she loved her job and knew every student by name, but could not work without guaranteed hours and retirement benefits offered to older drivers. Meyers is transporting younger and older children, and in the summer he drives a bus with farm workers to make ends meet.

According to her, this work is considered part-time work, which does not allow drivers to receive unemployment benefits if they are laid off, or to have paid leave.

A spokesperson for the National School Vehicle Association says that many areas require separate morning and afternoon shifts for their drivers, which can be a problem. He also noted that it was also difficult to follow noisy children, turning away from them and controlling the situation on the road.

“It really takes a special type of personality,” Martin said. “A lot of people just don’t want to deal with these kinds of job challenges.”

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