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School buses are lined for the start of school in Duval County Public Schools.School buses are lined for the start of school in Duval County Public Schools.
School buses are lined for the start of school in Duval County Public Schools. | News4Jax

School bus delays raise heat concerns

By Aaron Farrar - News4Jax
Published on August 14, 2023 at 11:20 am
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Duval County Public Schools sent a message to parents Sunday warning of “significant delays” on many of its bus routes on the first day of school Monday.

The school district said its contractors are more than 130 drivers short out of their 800 positions.

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Families were advised to be sure children have plenty of water in the extreme heat as they wait for buses.

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author image Aaron Farrar joins News4Jax as a weekend morning reporter, after working a year at WFXR in Roanoke, Virginia, as a morning news reporter and primary fill-in anchor. Before that, he spent two years as a multimedia journalist at WTVC in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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