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Hays CISD hikes pay to cover bus driver, custodian shortage

Hays CISD hikes pay to cover bus driver, custodian shortage
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A shortage in support staff, which includes 45 bus drivers, eight custodians and six crossing guards, hasHays CISD scrambling to fill those positions.

Carter Scherff, Hays CISD chief operations officer, said in an emailed response that the district hopes increasing support staff starting salaries across the board could attract new employees.

Scherff said the district increased the starting bus driver salary from $14.25 per hour to $16.

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