In order to recruit more bus drivers, Triton School Board members amended their bus driver pay scale when they met Monday night.
Superintendent Jeremy Riffle said that having a shortage of available bus drivers is a pretty common problem for most schools right now. Riffle said he made some calls to surrounding school corporations to get a more competitive pay scale established for Triton’s drivers.
Superintendent Riffle said, “For level zero it’s $65 and it goes all the way up to level 25 where it’s $86.” The superintendent explained that a bus driver at “level zero” is still in their first year of employment.
He further elaborated, saying that when a driver works for 5 to 15 years with the corporation, they can make $80 to $83 a day with the new pay scale. Those individuals with 15 to 25 years of Triton school bus driving experience can make up to $86 a day.
Riffle and school officials are hoping the adjustment to the pay scale will draw in some more school bus drivers to the Triton School Corporation.
