School board raises bus driver pay

Parents who would rather their kids ride the bus to school may soon get relief if recent action by the Boerne ISD board to raise driver pay results in an increase in hiring.

“Since March 12 offers to 12 bus drivers have been declined due to pay,” Mark Stahl, chief operations officer for Boerne ISD told the school board. He said the district had “made strides” by hiring five new drivers this year, but an additional 10 are needed.

Stahl, flanked by BISD Chief Human Resource Officer Jill Rhodes Pruin, sought approval from the board at its Sept. 17 meeting to raise starting driver pay from $16 per hour to $19.