Amid bus driver shortage at Chicago Public Schools, could ride-sharing be a solution?
A bus driver shortage caused Chicago Public Schools to cut down on bus service. The district could get creative with transportation.
Under a major bus driver shortage, Chicago Public Schools isn’t providing busing to general education students for the rest of the school year.
The district is in early talks with a ride-share service that provides students transportation in other districts across the nation, like Denver Public Schools in Colorado.
But for now, Illinois code requires drivers to get a school bus permit — which could make this service harder to put into place, and some parents aren’t convinced this is the best way to bridge the gap.
Reset talks with a reporter who looked into this possibility and a parent who is creating his own solution: a carpooling match service for CPS families.
GUESTS: Jewél Jackson, investigative education reporter for the Illinois Answers Project
Ismael El-Amin, parent of two Chicago Public Schools students
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Amid bus driver shortage at Chicago Public Schools, could ride-sharing be a solution?
A bus driver shortage caused Chicago Public Schools to cut down on bus service. The district could get creative with transportation.
Under a major bus driver shortage, Chicago Public Schools isn’t providing busing to general education students for the rest of the school year.
The district is in early talks with a ride-share service that provides students transportation in other districts across the nation, like Denver Public Schools in Colorado.
But for now, Illinois code requires drivers to get a school bus permit — which could make this service harder to put into place, and some parents aren’t convinced this is the best way to bridge the gap.
Reset talks with a reporter who looked into this possibility and a parent who is creating his own solution: a carpooling match service for CPS families.
GUESTS: Jewél Jackson, investigative education reporter for the Illinois Answers Project
Ismael El-Amin, parent of two Chicago Public Schools students