MOSES LAKE, Wash. — Parents in Moses Lake are waking up each morning unsure if their kids will have a way to get to school this week.
Moses Lake School District announced on Friday that a bus driver shortage could cancel bus routes.
The district said they would let parents know each morning, around 5:30, whether or not their children’s buses will operate.
The day-to-day uncertainty is causing many parents to worry.
“How are you going to get your kid to school? What if you’re out of gas,” said Kassandra Wareham, mother of three kids who attend MSLD schools. “How do you be in three places at once when everybody gets out at the same time?”
Wareham said this is not the first time she has dealt with this issue.
“I had to call my other child out of school a few times last year because there was no bus. I told them, ‘hey, I couldn’t bring her to school today. There was just no bus and I don’t have the gas to drive her. I’m sorry,'” she said.
Josie Sisson has a 10th grader at MSLD and said the bus driver shortage is aggravating.
“[You’re] scrambling to find somebody to make sure your child is getting the education they deserve, which is unnecessary because we rely on the bus. The buses take our kids back and forth to school,” she said.
4 News Now reached out to Moses Lake School District for a response to parent concerns, but did not hear back by the time of publishing.
Moving forward, MSLD parents will need to take it day-by-day and see, each morning at 5:30 a.m., if their kid will have a bus to ride.
“So for me, the plan is to either take them, or call them in if we don’t have gas. That’s just the only plan there can be,” said Wareham.
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