In September, district officials acknowledged the challenges but also said that the district isn't facing any challenges that other large, urban school districts are not. Metro Schools is not only down bus drivers, but also more than 130 certified staff positions remain unfilled and another 90 paraprofessional, or education assistant, positions are still vacant.

Like many urban school districts, school staffing has been a struggle for years and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made it worse. Here's who the district needs to hire.īUS DRIVERS: COVID-19 pandemic amplifies school bus driver shortage concerns RELATED: Metro Nashville Public Schools has dozens of unfilled jobs. We have routes that we are doubling, we are tripling. Parents need to know. No one knows the crisis we are in.' 'We have had so many call-ins about buses being late, we feel like the public has no knowledge of what’s really going on,' Pam Battle, president of Local 9426 USW - the union that represents Nashville bus drivers - said during the rally.

Nashville teachers, school support staff and bus drivers are speaking out about unsafe working conditions and widespread burnout amid ongoing staffing shortages.Ībout two dozen Metro Nashville Public Schools bus drivers rallied Friday morning calling for higher pay and more drivers.

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