We need your help! National School Bus Safety Week is right around the corner (October 16 – October 20, 2023) . As you may be aware, Pennsylvania is facing a school bus driver shortage. Unfortunately, the number of licensed school bus drivers in the Commonwealth has steadily declined since 2015, despite the fact that the number of students transported by school bus every day is over 1.5 million and has not declined at all in the last ten years. As you may have seen in local news reports, it has become commonplace for schools to have to adjust their bell schedules due to the driver shortage, change or cancel bus routes, or even cancel the school day altogether, despite the best efforts of their pupil transportation contractor. 

In response to this dire need of drivers, the Pennsylvania School Bus Association (PSBA) is hoping to take advantage of the spotlight during National School Bus Safety Week not only remind motorists, parents and students of the importance of school bus safety, but also to promote job opportunities across the Commonwealth to help alleviate the driver shortage. 

Linked below you will find social media posts that can be used to help promote 2023 National School Bus Safety Week and Pennsylvania’s School Bus Transportation Job Portal (schoolbushero.com). If you are willing to become a partner in alleviating the school bus driver shortage in Pennsylvania, please consider sharing these social media posts on Wednesday, October 18, 2023!
 

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