MON COUNTY STUDENTS STRANDED, NO BUS DRIVERS - Deer Season Causes Problem

(11/24/2004)

Morgantown's Dominion Post reported that ten school buses were left parked Monday when 21 school bus drivers didn't show up for work. Students had to find their own way to school. Irv Scheutzner, Mon County Schools transportation director, attributed the situation mainly to the opening of deer season. Mon County has not adopted the one-week-off for deer season and Thanksgiving holiday. The number of buses left stranded dropped to six Tuesday. "Parent Jenny Dinsmore said she had to take time off from work Monday to drive her daughter to North Elementary School and pick her up that afternoon. On Tuesday morning, her daughter again waited in vain for a bus," reported the paper. Much of the transportation problem was substitute drivers not showing up. Regular drivers scheduled their time-off early for deer season, depending on substitutes to fill the gap.

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