Published 7:00 am Saturday, August 15, 2026 A few good men and women are desperately needed to become school bus drivers in the Baldwin County School District. The pay is competitive, and there is bonus money potential once requirements have been completed. There is currently a need for at least 10 school bus drivers within the local public school district. Applications are being accepted, according to Baldwin County School Superintendent Dr. Kristie Brooks. “We need bus drivers as quickly as we can find them and get them trained,” Brooks told The Union-Recorder shortly before the Baldwin County Board of Education meeting began. Associate School Superintendent Dr. Rodney Tyson noted during the meeting that for a school system the size of Baldwin County’s, there will sometimes be challenges. “And within our district right now, we’re experiencing some challenges within our transportation department because we have some driver shortages,” Tyson said. Despite the shortfall, he pointed out that school district officials have still managed to transport students to and from schools daily. “We’re short nine to 10 drivers right now, which makes the numbers that we showed previously in transporting our students even more impressive,” Tyson said. “Each day that we have been in school, this first week, we’ve been operating with limited drivers and we’ve had to adjust our routes and schedules daily.” He said the open bus driver jobs have been posted. “We’re letting the community know…
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