Schools across the country struggle to hire bus drivers amid COVID-19 concerns
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A nationwide bus driver shortage is causing delays and adding to families' stress as students across the country return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic.
In Lee County, Florida, parents are being told to expect significant school bus delays for the foreseeable future. In Virginia, the Chesterfield County Public Schools superintendent urged parents to assist with the shortage. "We are asking you to please drive your child to school," Dr. Mervin B. Daugherty said.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.