{"id":157019,"date":"2022-08-19T03:49:37","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=157019"},"modified":"2022-08-19T03:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T08:50:26","slug":"vwcs-in-need-of-more-bus-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/08\/19\/vwcs-in-need-of-more-bus-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Clifton: VWCS in need of more bus drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not a problem that\u2019s unique locally, but the Van Wert City Schools district is in serious need of bus drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Bill-Clifton-8-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156997\"\/><figcaption>Assistant Superintendent Bill Clifton explains the need for more bus drivers. <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant Superintendent Bill Clifton addressed the topic during Wednesday\u2019s school board meeting and he cited an aging bus driver pool as the need for new drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have individuals who can retire today,\u201d Clifton told the board. \u201cWe need help in bus driving. We\u2019re not ready to get rid of anybody but right now I\u2019m really worried that in the next couple of years we\u2019re going to lose a lot of drivers and when that happens we have to be prepared to step in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be nice to start training drivers and get them to the point where they can be doing sub driving, some extra field trips and sporting trips, so when these regular route drivers give up their responsibilities, we\u2019ll have people ready to fill those positions,\u201d Clifton added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted the district is using principals, counselors and a bus mechanic on the road to make sure things run smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hourly rate ranges from $21.50 to $23.74 based on experience. Regular drivers work up to six hours per school day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information, including minimum qualifications and an application can be found online at <a href=\"https:\/\/vwcs.net\/employment\">vwcs.net\/employment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It\u2019s not a problem that\u2019s unique locally, but the Van Wert City Schools district is in serious need of bus drivers. Assistant Superintendent Bill Clifton addressed the topic during Wednesday\u2019s school board meeting and he cited an aging bus driver pool as the need for new drivers. \u201cWe have individuals who can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:46:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157019"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157038,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157019\/revisions\/157038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}