By Megan Wehring
WIMBERLEY – Wimberley ISD bus drivers who have perfect attendance will receive a monthly bonus.
On Monday, Oct. 24, the WISD Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to provide its bus drivers with an incentive payment of $100 for each month they do not miss a morning or afternoon route during a calendar month in which students are transported.
“The district has not currently had to suspend or delay any of our routes this year,” said Allen Bruggman, communications director for WISD. “However, we are at the very edge of our staffing limit in our Transportation Department, so much so that our director and our mechanic have regularly been driving routes. In addition, we've asked a few of our coaches/teachers that have their bus CDL licenses to serve as emergency route drivers, in the event of an absence by a regular driver.”
Bruggman added that the incentive is a way to reward the district’s drivers with perfect attendance during this “particularly challenging time.”
“We do have a few drivers in training that are set to be fully licensed sometime in December, which will hopefully ease the burden our Transportation Department is currently facing,” Bruggman said.
Candidates who are interested in driving a bus for WISD can apply online at wimberleyisd.net/workatWISD.
