While 2022 was a year of staffing struggles local school districts such as Bristol Tennessee are hoping to fill available bus driver positions in the new year.”When we have openings, you are lucky to get five, half a dozen would be a dream, people to apply for a position,” said Andy Hare, Sullivan East High School Principal.”This is just a profession now that a lot of people aren’t choosing, so there’s a great need,” says Hare. And earlier this month, a bout of sickness lead to several bus drivers within Bristol, Virginia Public Schools to be out. That resulted in some drivers working overtime, and in some cases, a principal and assistant principal stepping in to cover routes.