Comments on: Escambia Raises School Bus Driver Starting Salary, Now Paying For Training

By: GoSouth

GoSouth — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 22:28:37 +0000

Living wage…it won’t pay for a funeral…but this job is only 10 months. If your single start being frugal. May make it threw Summer. No pay but healthcare is paid…remember. when you went for the job you knew the expectations that came with it! I live driving and love kids. You have to be patient and have a big heart to do this job…So if you need work and like to have Summers off. Then come join. They pay for training now. Awesome! We’re all a team and even though we have bad days someone on radio or a child will say something that brightens your day or touches your ❤️. Good day! Mary

By: Taran

Taran — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 09:02:37 +0000

Why pay $ 15.00 an hour when EMT only gets 12.49?

By: Bee

Bee — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:35:57 +0000

This is not a living wage!!!!!!! To be paid this small amount of money to transport our children to and from school is an insult and a disgrace! If you want quality employees you have to pay them appropriately.

By: EMD

EMD — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 22:45:50 +0000

In my opinion, school bus drivers should not be paid less than $15 an hour…..period. It is a job that is difficult and sometimes dangerous. It can also be hair-raising. How do I know these things? I used to be a school bus driver.

By: Beegee Ryals

Beegee Ryals — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 21:24:41 +0000

@CM,you are soooooo right…..I drove for a couple years for a Charter school and I saw unhappiness and uncertainity and it broke my heart…..you are correct,you may be the only bit of happiness and surety a child sees each morning….it always lifted my spirits up when I could make them smile or laugh…they become different children when you pay attention to them and show them love….and that you care….it is a big job,but it’s an exciting job,if you let it be!!!! It definitely is not for everyone!!! So,if you don’t love children or at least like them,don’t apply!!!:-)

By: nod

nod — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:11:19 +0000

@ cm, and maybe the kids just don’t care and like to be mean.

By: William Reynolds

William Reynolds — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:46:23 +0000

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By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:27:12 +0000

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By: Gone

Gone — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:26:49 +0000

I use to drive for 16 years they are starting drivers out at what I was almost making after that long. They need to bump up the drivers that’s have been there every 5 years give them at least a $1 – $2 an hour raise depending on the yearly evaluation. This is so sad I loved working with the children but I left for another job got put on salary only after 1 year, making way more than drivers who have been there over 25 years and they are hauling our precious cargo. I don’t get it. Give your senior drivers the pay raise.

By: CM

CM — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 12:18:40 +0000

If you can let these kids know you care about them and be tough at the same time, you will be a good bus driver. Sometimes, the kids you will pick up in the morning have not had a smile or empathy since they left school the day before (so they will act out) Sometimes, they are starving. (so they will act out) Sometimes, they may have been exposed to violence in the home. (so they will act out) You just might be the first
or last person they feel safe with.each and every day. So, it’s a big job and not for everybody, but if you can love each child and make them safe, this job is for you.