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HIDOE anticipates improved start to school bus service when school year begins
The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) is on track to resume all school bus routes that were in service at the end of last school year when students return starting Aug. 4.
HIDOE to restore one additional school bus route in Upcountry Maui starting Monday
The Hawai‘i State Department of Education announced today that one previously suspended school bus route in Upcountry Maui will be reinstated starting on Monday, Dec. 9, restoring service for nearly 40 student bus riders.
13 additional school bus routes to be restored in Central Oʻahu and East Hawaiʻi on Monday
Thirteen previously suspended school bus routes in Central Oʻahu and East Hawaiʻi Island will be reinstated starting Monday, Sept. 16, restoring service for nearly 300 student bus riders at eight schools, according to the state Department of Education.
MEO steps up to help Molokaʻi students amid public school bus driver shortage
The state Department of Education sent out an email to families last week indicating that about 17 students on two central Kaunakakai routes were being put on a waitlist for rides on the school bus due to a driver shortage.