...system is dealing with the worst driver shortage it has seen in recent years, according to Transportation Manager Maria McClure.The system needs about 18 more drivers to add to its current 200-person staff but is having trouble finding qualified...

...Tenenbaum, of the South Carolina Department of Education, ordered 630 buses for the state's school districts. Maria McClure, the district transportation manager for Aiken County schools, said the buses are needed. "We're very excited...

...County: 796-4777 Aiken County: Carol Verenes, district manager, (803) 641-2495 Area 1: Aiken High School, Maria McClure, (803) 641-2507 South Aiken High School, Jonathan Pitts, (803) 641-2605 Area 2: North Augusta Middle School...

...County: 796-4777 Aiken County: Carol Verenes, district manager, (803) 641-2495 Area 1: Aiken High School, Maria McClure, (803) 641-2507 South Aiken High School, Jonathan Pitts, (803) 641-2605 Area 2: North Augusta Middle School...

...or 595-1956. Aiken County: Carol Verenes, district manager, (803) 641-2495 Area 1 - Aiken High School, Maria McClure, (803) 641-2507 South Aiken High School, Jonathan Pitts, (803) 641-2605 Area 2 - North Augusta Middle School...

...at capacity. "Of course, if more (students) rode buses, that would help with the traffic congestion,'' said Maria McClure, the district transportation manager for Aiken County, where 13,000 of its 25,300 students take the bus to school...

...until Oct. 1 to get the "S" endorsement by passing written and driving exams. "It really wasn't a big deal," Maria McClure, the transportation manager for Aiken County public schools, said of the tests school bus drivers have to take...

...inspections of their buses. "We took precautionary measures and made sure cables were away from each other," said Maria McClure, Aiken County transportation supervisor. The Johnston shop supervisor in Edgefield County was unavailable, but Marion...

...proper end-route procedures. "The drivers are supposed to do a walk-through and required to walk the bus," said Maria McClure, the transportation manager. Neither Ms. McClure nor the school system's attorney would give the name of the bus...

...have a visible camera box that conceals whether it contains one of 15 cameras that are rotated among the buses, said Maria McClure, the district transportation manager. Ms. McClure said 40 bus monitors in the district assist special-needs pupils...