Stranded at school

[TexasTowelie]

BEEVILLE — The Beeville Independent School District finds itself between a school bus and a hard place.

Its transportation department — with 33 employees and an annual budget of a $1.36 million — has a full fleet of 18 buses, but not enough people to drive them.

“The district is short of drivers,” admits Assistant Superintendent Erasmo Rodriguez. “We can’t compete with the big boys.”

Meaning, a person with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) can get work in the Eagle Ford Shale program at significantly higher wages than what BISD pays.

More at http://mysoutex.com/view/full_story_landing/21766150/article-Stranded-at-school-?instance=landing_news_lead_story .

[font color=green]The district pays its drivers $11 to $14 an hour, Eagle Ford Shale drivers earn between $25 and $30 an hour.[/font]

[hobbit709]

1. so instead of raising wages to compete, they blame the competition.

[DhhD]

2. Is it two hours of work in the mornings and two hours of work in the afternoons?

Is it 4 hours a day? And maybe part time has no benefits?

[mbperrin]

3. If the going rate is $25, pay it.

Or just kick the kids out of school. Problem solved.