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Thousands of St. Paul Public Schools students will have to rely on Metro Transit to get to school after a busing contractor was unable to hire enough drivers, school officials say, further exacerbating the district's shortage.
Districts across the state and country are facing a driver shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Paul was already short 40 drivers for its 275 bus routes, forcing the district to combine some routes and adjust start times at some schools. Then last Wednesday, a contractor informed the district that it would be providing 36 fewer drivers than promised, Superintendent Joe Gothard said at a news conference Tuesday.
"This was news to us, this was a surprise to us, and this caused us to have to come together to develop on the fly a way to get our students to and from school," Gothard said.
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