This article was originally published in Honolulu Civil Beat.
The number of bus drivers serving Hawaiʻi schools has reached its highest point in four years, but the Department of Education is still falling short of meeting families’ transportation needs.
This year, 545 bus drivers are serving Hawaiʻi schools, up from 436 last fall, according to recent datafrom the DOE. The department is still short 130drivers, who are primarily provided through the bus companies Ground Transport Inc. and Roberts Hawaiʻi…