Hi Jdemaris. You make some good points in your reply. Most of them seem to address our educational system ingeneral rather than School buses. I will comment on a couple of your remarks. 1) All employees (instructional and non-instructional) of every public school District work under a negotiated contract . This has been the case for years, and is due to State law. It was originally meant to ensure fair/equal treatment and pay for employees but has given the NYSUT (NYS United Teachers Union) a lot stronger hand as they have organized many of the non-instuctional employees, who originally most often had local barganning associations . 2) In my opinion there has been a change over the last few years in the focus of many local school boards, which contibutes to the conditions you refewr to. At one time they were usually made up of the area's "leading citizens" , often long time residents with the good of the community in general as a priority. Now often the school boards are dominated by parents who want everything the best that money can buy for their kids. In many of the districts here these people often are behind the excessive spending on buildings and sports programs/ facilities as they see neighboring districts doing the same. 3) actually even high paying school districts often have a hard time attracting and keeping bus drivers. There usually isnt a long waiting list for the job. This is due in part to the part time nature of the job,(often starting as a substitute,) along with the stringent liscencing , background checks , and the fact that many people dont want to deal with the kid's poor behavior. I would agree with your view that the educational system in NYS today seems to demand more and more money while providing poorer results , but dont have a simple solution to it. FWIW I am in my 3rd decade in the bus business, mostly spent as a full time mechanic , part time school bus driver and for the last 5 years as a NYSDOT School bus Inspector, which causes me to see the operatings of many school districts in the course of my job.
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