Lexington Herald-Leader “Staff writer Valarie Honeycutt Spears covers K-12 education, social issues and other topics.” Uhhh, maybe she might consider going back to English class?

School bus cancellations still upending Fayette families. Is help on the way?

By Valarie Honeycutt Spears | Thursday, September 16, 2021 | 12:07 PM EDT

With as many as 20 bus cancellations and multiple delays announced every day for weeks, Fayette Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said three new bus drivers and one new substitute driver has been hired.

“(T)hree new bus drivers and one new substitute driver has been hired”?

I have commented on the article, in hopes that Mrs Spears sees it updates it.

In a Tuesday newsletter, Liggins said that additionally over the next two weeks, the district expects to have four additional drivers ready to start driving.

“We also have 18 candidates studying for their permits, and 20 people lined up for a class to begin next week,” he said.

If the Fayette County Schools have some luck, it won’t take too much time between candidates getting their permits and being able to take their CDL road test. The question is: how many will stay?

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Updated: Friday, September 17, 2021 @ 10:15 AM EDT

I see that Mrs Spears has made the grammatical correction! She also added this:

In the area of child nutrition, the school district is seeing fewer vacancies each day, “but we are still looking to hire more than 50 additional people,” Liggins said.

Staff shortages have been so severe in the district’s cafeterias that Central Office staff have been volunteering.

Translation: cafeteria staff do not want to be forced to wear masks, either. Given that those positions are part-time, it isn’t much of a job sacrifice to not take those, and go for the many other open jobs in Lexington.