The Eastern Pulaski School Board members considered an increase in bus driver pay when they met Monday night.
Superintendent Dara Chezem said an increase will occur next school year.
“We recommended that next year we will be increasing our bus driver route to $100 per route,” said Chezem.
Chezem said bus drivers will be added to the employee staff handbook instead of a separate handbook.
Chezem continued, “The two changes that this would bring about is that bus drivers would receive the same paid holidays as our other 180-day Classified Staff, and that bus drivers would be able to accrue up to 60 sick days instead of the 30 that it’s currently set at.”
The board members approved the changes as presented.
