{"id":436007,"date":"2026-09-14T22:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436007\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T22:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:46:19","slug":"poll-would-you-consider-becoming-a-school-bus-driver-if-local-districts-raised-the-pay-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/436007\/","title":{"rendered":"POLL: Would you consider becoming a school bus driver if local districts raised the pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO, Texas &#8211; Area school districts continue to face a persistent shortage of school bus drivers, forcing transportation departments to rely on mechanics, office staff, and double-run routes, which frequently leads to morning delays and stricter eligibility rules for student transportation. <\/p>\n<p>The ongoing deficit is largely driven by unappealing split-shift schedules, competition with private logistics companies offering better hours or pay, and high attrition rates during the lengthy CDL licensing and onboarding process. <\/p>\n<p>To attract candidates, local districts are offering paid CDL training, sign-on bonuses, and attendance incentives, though filling all open driver positions remains an ongoing challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO, Texas &#8211; Area school districts continue to face a persistent shortage of school bus drivers, forcing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":436008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-436007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}