Cape News
School District continues efforts to keep buses on time
Although the percentages of on-time buses in the morning and afternoon have improved, the School District of Lee County is still battling with a shortage of bus drivers. The goal is to increase the on-time percentage of buses by 3% from 88% to 91% in the morning and from 71% to 74% in the afternoon. Quarter three for the 2023-2024 school year is 92% in the morning and 72% in the afternoon, compared to the 2022-2023 school year of 87% for the morning and 70% in the afternoon. Chief Operations Officer Larry Stephens said they continue to deal with a shortage of bus drivers. There were 600 bus driver positions for the 2023-2024 school year, with only 543 drivers starting off the school ...