One previously suspended school bus route serving Keaʻau Middle School will be reinstated today providing service for approximately 11 students.

This latest restored route will be serviced by Ground Transport, Inc.

Kaʻu-Keʻeau-Pāhoa Complex Area: 1 route

Following the restoration of this route, a total of 123 routes have been restored. Efforts to restore the remaining 15 suspended bus routes are ongoing.

Ground Transport is actively recruiting new drivers, leveraging the governor’s emergency proclamation to streamline the hiring process. The proclamation allows drivers with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and a “P” endorsement – permitting them to transport passengers – to operate school buses temporarily, in lieu of the “S” endorsement specifically required for school bus drivers.

Photo Credit: Hawaiʻi Department of Education