CD bus update

With 10 days until the start of the school year, legal wrangling over Central Dauphin School Board’s decision to outsource bus operations is continuing. Here are the latest developments:

* According to the bus drivers’ association, the school district still has not signed a contract with Durham School Services, the Chicago-based company selected to run the transportation department.

* The bus drivers' association continues to contend that the district is bargaining in bad faith, and they have made a second request for mediation to negotiate changes to the drivers' labor contract that covers the next two school years.

* The bus drivers' association plans to amend the unfair labor practice charges filed with the state to allege that the district is directly contacting drivers about employment issues, instead of going through the association.

The next school board meeting is scheduled for this Monday, August 24, at 7 pm in the Lecture Hall of Central Dauphin East High School. If you want to weigh in during the meeting on the bus controversy, call 545-4703 to get on the list of public speakers.
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Related info:

Letter transmitted Tuesday from the bus drivers’ lawyer, Ira Weinstock, to the school district’s lawyers, James Ellison and Stephen Moniak.

School district’s announcement about hiring Durham School Services.