STUDENTS WEB AND SCRAMBLING TO GET TO CLASS. WILSON BUS COMPANY IN PASADENA WILL HAVE DRIVERS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF TWO OF 17 PASSENGER VANS. THEY WILL FREE UP DRIVERS WITH A CDL TO HELP TRANSPORT MORE STUDENTS TO CLASSES. >> THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE OF TRYING TO IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. DR. TOOTEN: SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY’VE DONE THE MATH AND COME UP WITH A LONG TERM PLAN IT HOPES WILL HELP SOLVE THE DRIVER SHORTAGE. >> INSTEAD OF TRANSPORTING THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE STUDENTS IN A BIG YELLOW SCHOOL BUS TO BALTIMORE, OR FREDERICK, OR WHEREVER, WE CAN TRANSPORT THE SAME AMOUNT OF STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SAME SERVICE IN A VAN AND THEN TAKE THAT BUS AND TRANSPORT 50 OR 60 STUDENTS OVER SEVERAL ROUTES. DR. TOOTEN: SOME NORTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS ARE HOPING THIS MEANS THEY’LL NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN. >> I THINK EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO WILL HELP, ABSOLUTELY. IT’S A NIGHTMARE HERE GETTING IN AND OUT, BUT I’M GLAD THEY’RE TRYING TO DO MORE. I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT. >> WE GET ONE TEXT THAT SAYS IT’S COMING THE NEXT IT’S NOT AND WE HAVE TO RUSH OUT. IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE. I REALLY DO HOPE THAT IT WILL HELP US. DR. TOOTEN: MORE OF THOSE PASSENGER VANS ARE ON ORDER. WHEN THEY HIT THE STREETS, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS IT’LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR ANOTHER 800 STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SAYS EVEN THOUGH IT HAS SOME DRIVER S IN TRAINING, IT STILL NEEDS TO HIRE A LOT MORE. AT NORTH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Passenger vans to help students with transportation in Anne Arundel County
Updated: 6:21 PM EST Dec 2, 2022
Anne Arundel County is hoping passenger vans will help move them a step closer to getting more students bus transportation to school. Those vans will hit the roads first thing Monday morning.Video below: AACPS to use vans to transport some students to schoolThe district said the vans will help free up school buses needed to cover critical routes for 1,600 students.This means at least two bus routes will be freed up for students at North County High School come Monday morning. School officials and some parents are hoping the bus plan is heading in the right direction.”Instead of transporting three or four or five students in a big yellow school bus to Baltimore, to Frederick or wherever, we can transport the same amount of students with the same service in a van and then take that bus and transport 50 or 60 students over several routes,” said Bob Moiser, spokesman for Anne Arundel County Schools.Video below: Plan would boost pay for Anne Arundel school bus drivers, aidesNorth County High Schools parents said they are hoping for some relief.”I think everything they can do will help. Absolutely, it’s a nightmare here getting in and out but I’m glad they’re trying to do more I think it’s important,” said Julie Vanhorn, a North County High School parent.”We get one text that says, ‘It’s coming.’ The next, ‘It’s not,’ and we have to rush out. It’s an inconvenience. I really do hope that it will help us,” said Shawnta Graves, a North County High School parent.School officials said they’ve ordered another shipment of passenger vans. They are hoping to have them on the road in the coming weeks to free up uncovered bus routes affecting students.The vans set to roll out Monday will allow the school system to provide morning and afternoon transportation for 23 schools.For more information on passenger vans, click here.
Anne Arundel County is hoping passenger vans will help move them a step closer to getting more students bus transportation to school. Those vans will hit the roads first thing Monday morning.
Video below: AACPS to use vans to transport some students to school
The district said the vans will help free up school buses needed to cover critical routes for 1,600 students.
This means at least two bus routes will be freed up for students at North County High School come Monday morning. School officials and some parents are hoping the bus plan is heading in the right direction.
“Instead of transporting three or four or five students in a big yellow school bus to Baltimore, to Frederick or wherever, we can transport the same amount of students with the same service in a van and then take that bus and transport 50 or 60 students over several routes,” said Bob Moiser, spokesman for Anne Arundel County Schools.
Video below: Plan would boost pay for Anne Arundel school bus drivers, aides
North County High Schools parents said they are hoping for some relief.
“I think everything they can do will help. Absolutely, it’s a nightmare here getting in and out but I’m glad they’re trying to do more I think it’s important,” said Julie Vanhorn, a North County High School parent.
“We get one text that says, ‘It’s coming.’ The next, ‘It’s not,’ and we have to rush out. It’s an inconvenience. I really do hope that it will help us,” said Shawnta Graves, a North County High School parent.
School officials said they’ve ordered another shipment of passenger vans. They are hoping to have them on the road in the coming weeks to free up uncovered bus routes affecting students.
The vans set to roll out Monday will allow the school system to provide morning and afternoon transportation for 23 schools.
For more information on passenger vans, click here.
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