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Buses line up outside Frontier Middle School in Moses Lake. A lack of bus drivers across the Basin has forced school districts “creative solutions” to get students where they need to go.

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Lack of bus drivers has Basin districts looking for solutions
October 7, 2024 3:05 a.m.

Lack of bus drivers has Basin districts looking for solutions

MOSES LAKE — A lack of qualified drivers forced a short-term cancellation of bus routes in one local school district; other local districts have been forced to come up with what some school officials called creative solutions to meet student transportation needs. The Moses Lake School District canceled bus routes a couple days last week due to a lack of qualified bus drivers. Claren McLaughlin, MLSD marketing and public relations specialist said canceling routes, at least for now, was a short-term phenomenon.