(Ellicott City, MD) -- The impact from a school bus driver shortage is still being felt in Howard County.
Howard County Public Schools says one of its bus contractors, Zum Transportation, will not be able to cover 20 routes due to driver callouts for the rest of the week.
"We know that this creates challenges for families as you adjust to the start of the school year. Please know that HCPSS is engaging with all of our contractors to address these route challenges as quickly as possible, and we will continue to provide regular communications with information as soon as it becomes available to us."- hcpss.org
This, after school buses were late or failed to show up for students on the first day of classes on Monday.
Families are being told to make alternative arrangements to get students to and from school.
The routes the contractor will not cover this week are listed below:
- 1020 – Mt Hebron HS, Patapsco MS, St John’s Lane ES
- 1023 – Centennial HS, Centennial Lane ES, St John’s Lane ES
- 1053 – Dunloggin MS, Burleigh Manor MS, Northfield ES
- 1070 – Hammond HS, Hammond MS, Guilford ES
- 1078 – Clarksville MS, Pointers Run ES
- 1089 – Hammond HS, Bollman Bridge ES, Gorman Crossing ES
- 1090 – Hammond HS, Bollman Bridge ES, Gorman Crossing ES
- 1122 – Patuxent Valley MS, Murray Hill MS
- 1144 – Atholton HS, Swansfield ES, Waterloo ES
- 1148 – Atholton HS, Cradlerock ES
- 1154 – Wilde Lake HS, Wilde Lake MS, Running Brook ES
- 1155 – Oakland Mills HS, Phelps Luck ES, Thunder Hill ES
- 1161 – Atholton HS, Thunder Hill ES
- 1163 – Wilde Lake HS, Wilde Lake MS
- 1165 – Atholton HS, Wilde Lake MS
- 1168 – Atholton HS, Mayfield Woods MS, Bellows Spring ES
- 1173 – Wilde Lake HS, Bryant Woods ES, Running Brook ES
- 1176 – Atholton HS, Talbot Springs ES, Waterloo ES
- 1191 – Long Reach HS, Lake Elkhorn MS, Atholton ES
- 1201 – Long Reach HS, Phelps Luck ES, Atholton ES
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