Pennsylvania Department Of Education: School Bus Drivers Play Critical Role For PA Students

Shawn McGlinchey (Krapf School Bus), President of the Pennsylvania School Bus Association (PSBA), joins National School Transportation Association’s (NSTA) Executive Director, Curt Macysyn to discuss the current bus driver shortage affecting our state of Pennsylvania.Shawn discusses his background and role with Krapf School Bus, and his new responsibilities as PSBA President. Shawn also discusses the driver shortage situation in Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania study on the state’s ...

The Executive Director of the NSTA, Curt Macysyn, welcomed Ryan Dellinger, Executive Director of the PSBA on to their podcast “The Bus Stop.” Ryan and Curt discuss changes that are coming to the CDL process with ELDT going into effect on February 7, 2022. The duo highlight the recent PSBA ELDT training course, and the guidance the organization provided in State College. Finally, Ryan offers advice for those preparing for ELDT implementation - as the deadline approaches. To access the podcast r...

PennDOT Deputy Secretary Kurt Myers and Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Secretary Dr. Noe Ortega today joined the Pennsylvania School Bus Association to encourage interested individuals to obtain Commercial Driver’s License to address bus driver shortage in Pennsylvania. “The school bus industry has been hit hard by COVID-19, and the Pennsylvania School Bus Association appreciates PennDOT and PDE’s partnership in working through the school bus driver shortage,” said Ryan Dellin...

Ryan Dellinger, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania School Bus Association (PSBA), joins National School Transportation Association’s (NSTA) Executive Director, Curt Macysyn to discuss the current bus driver shortage affecting our state of Pennsylvania. Ryan provides a look into his background, and transition as the Executive Director of PSBA. Then Curt and Ryan talk about the longstanding relationship between NSTA and PSBA, and how that relationship benefits members of both organizations...

Keeping in line with family tradition, it was only right that Denille Girardat, the president of the Pennsylvania School Bus Association and part-owner of a school bus company, found her way back to the world of pupil transportation. She began cleaning and sweeping buses for her family-owned transportation business, Girardat LP, in the early part of her career and later pivoted to a long-time role in retail. After much success, she went back to her school bus roots, increasing her involvement in...

Recruiting school bus drivers has been a challenge for the past several years, but the current driver shortage nationwide had made it even more difficult, reported Associations Now. The national shortage of workers is increasing in various sectors, with recruiting of staff becoming more difficult for the school transportation industry. The problem began before COVID-19, but the pandemic made it worse. Around 88 percent of K-12 students from urban, rural and suburban communities in Pennsylv...

The Pennsylvania School Bus Association is trying something new to recruit drivers. It launched a website, youbehindthewheel.com, to help link potential drivers with open positions. On the site, you can search for bus companies near you that are currently hiring. The association said salaries can range from $15 to $25 an hour with benefits. If you don't want to be a driver, school bus attendant positions are also available in some districts. Attendants ride in the busses to help watch the ...

In order to address the driver shortage, the Pennsylvania School Bus Association has launched a statewide recruitment campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the shortage as well as providing a number of resources that can be used to recruit new school bus drivers. Harkelroad praised the PSBA for being proactive in trying to find drivers. “The Pennsylvania School Bus Association is one of the strongest bus associations in the country and recognized early in the shutdown that this wa...

The Pennsylvania School Bus Association is launching a campaign to get drivers behind the wheel. The “You Behind The Wheel” campaign is a statewide initiative to raise awareness about the driver shortage and recruit new ones.