Full-time bus drivers working for Tomball ISD will now be paid at least $25 per hour, after trustees approved a compensation increase during their Nov. 11 meeting.

Superintendent Martha Salazar-Zamora said during trustees’ Nov. 10 workshop meeting that the district has had challenges with bus driver shortages and filling driver positions.

“I think that this [increase] will not only help us keep the people; it’s a retention, but also a recruitment tool,” Salazar-Zamora said Nov. 10.

The new pay increases go into effect Nov. 15, district officials said.

The details

According to information from Salazar-Zamora and the district , the salary bumps raise starting pay for:

Full-time drivers from $19.10 per hour to $25 per hour

Driver trainees from $18 per hour to $20 per hour

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