“We hope this attendance bonus will reduce the number of uncovered runs and serves as a recruitment and retention tool,” Snidemiller said.īoard members favored the bonus as a way to help students and families disrupted by bus route cancellations that’s not just aimed at reducing vacancies. One callout affects about 120 students, said Mark Strickland, district chief facilities and operations officer. On top of that, 12% to 15% call out each day, while the district has the built-in capacity to handle a far smaller percentage of callouts. Robert Snidemiller, senior director of transportation, said vacancies are as high as a third among various transpiration staff, including bus drivers and bus safety assistants. Meanwhile, the number of vacancies among drivers keeps growing, leaving bus routes uncovered and parents and students having to find last-minute ways of getting to school. The Wake County Public School System is short on bus drivers, without as many full-time substitute drivers as it normally relies upon. Much of that spending, totaling tens of millions of dollars, has come from federal pandemic relief funds. In the past two years, the district has raised wages and local supplements and provided bonuses for nearly every employee in an effort to entice applicants and keep employees. “Very few” other districts also offer advanced degree pay. Muttillo, district assistant superintendent for human resources. Offering advanced degree pay could set Wake County apart from other counties, said A.J. It would take effect at the beginning fo the next school year, in July. Transportation bonuses would be covered through lapsed salary and other savings in the high-vacancy transportation department. The district says it has local savings that will cover at least some of the cost.
The additional compensation could cost as much as $6.1 million more annually. The lowest-paid bus drivers earn about $22,000 annually. Total bonuses for bus drivers could now total up to $3,000 in a single year.
The board also approved a second, more frequent attendance bonus for bus drivers and make more transportation staff eligible for it.
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