Route Changes or Consolidations - Bus Driver Shortages
Over the last several years, there has been a bus driver shortage across the country. The East Valley School District has not been immune to the shortage. While we have been actively working to recruit and train new drivers, we have not been able to fill all available positions. This has resulted in routes being changed or consolidated.
While the EVSD Transportation Department will do everything in their power to avoid a route cancellation, we wanted to alert families who have students that ride these routes of the possibility so they can plan alternative arrangements in advance. If a route was to be canceled, EVSD would alert families as early as possible. School Messenger messages (phone, email, and text) would be sent out to families on the effected routes. Families could also call our transportation hotline at 509-573-7350 for route cancellation information.
Again, we hope to never have the need to cancel a route, but being prepared and planning ahead are important to help to reduce the stress and inconvenience a cancellation could have on our EV families.
Thank you for understanding.
Attention EVHS & EVC Families with Students Who Ride Bus Routes 4, 12, and 21:
Due to driver shortages in our transportation department, three of our bus routes will have different pick-up and drop-off times for Wednesday, March 20th (AM & PM).
Route 12: Students who normally ride Route 12 will ride Route 21.
Route 21 North Sky Vista Stops Only: Students who normally ride Route 21 and are picked up/dropped-off on North Sky Vista will be riding Route 4.
- Please have riders out to their bus stop 15 minutes earlier than normal. Afternoon drop-off will be approximately 15 minutes later.
Route 21 All Other Stops (not North Sky Vista): Students who normally ride Route 21 (other than North Sky Vista) will continue to ride Route 21.
- Please have Route 21 riders out to their bus stop 10 minutes earlier than normal for morning pick-up. Afternoon drop-off will be approximately 15 minutes later.
If your child is able to get a ride to or from school, that could help alleviate some of the extra students and stops for each bus. We understand this is not possible for many of our families, so we do ask for extra patience as our drivers make it through their additional stops. Please accept our sincerest apologies for this disruption.
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Attention Terrace Heights Elementary Families with Students Who Ride Bus Routes 12 and 23:
Due to driver shortages in our transportation department, two of our bus routes will have different pick-up and drop-off times for Wednesday, March 20th (AM & PM).
All Route 12 riders will be riding Route 23 bus (the two routes are combining to share one bus).
- Students who normally ride Route 23: Morning pick-up will be approximately 15-20 minutes late.
- Students who normally ride Route 12: Morning pick-up will be at the same time as normal.
- Afternoon drop-off will be approximately 15 minutes later.
If your child is able to get a ride to or from school, that could help alleviate some of the extra students and stops for the bus. We understand this is not possible for many of our families, so we do ask for extra patience as our driver makes it through the additional stops. Please accept our sincerest apologies for this disruption.