INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — The bus driver staffing shortage ... she completed practicing her new route. She noticed that her new route did not include a high school student she used to pick up.

DRIVERS AND LESS ROUTES THAN THEY NEED. CALLING ALL DRIVERS, THE INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL DISTRICT NEEDS YOUR HELP. >> EVEN IN GOOD YEARS IT IS HARD FILL YOUR STAFFING NEEDS FOR BUS DRIVERS.

The plan involves some students at bus routes in the county being picked up at different locations. The plan was put in place due to snowy roads that have been deemed not safe for school buses to ...