The transportation department is currently seeking extra bus drivers, Ron Farrand, director of facilities and transportation, said via email. According to Farrand, the department is always offering the opportunity to become a bus driver and is advertising for this on the CHS radio station, WHJE.

“Obviously, (the bus drivers) wouldn’t be students but there may be some parents who would like to add some supplemental income,” Farrand said.

In addition to new bus drivers, Farrand said the department is using surveillance tools such as GPS to help enforce the department’s no idling policy, which applies to all vehicles and has been in place the last few years for monetary and safety reasons. This policy, along with recent passage of state legislature, has required the department to post signage around the school prohibiting idling.

“We have been using the GPS tool for a couple years now to verify complaints such as speeding and excessive idling,” Farrand said. “It has been an effective tool. It helps with driver awareness of the kinds of things that most bus and car drivers forget to keep watch for during their daily driving routine.”

Senior Alan Pomerenke said he has seen the signs outside of the school and didn’t understand why the change was necessary at first.

“I don’t know if bad things have happened in the past (with idling), but if there’s been an accident of some sort we should stop idling,” Pomerenke said. “If there hasn’t been any reason, though, I don’t see why we need to change it.”