All-Star Transportation continues to experience a shortage of drivers which has again become a challenge in New Milford.   Superintendent of Schools Alisha Di Corpo says All-Star alerted the district that some drivers have resign, and a few are on leave of absence.  Half a dozen people though are training to become drivers, but the certification can take anywhere from 6 to 8 weeks. 

New Milford schools will continue to work with All-Star to provide the later bus arrival in the morning as well as the later pickup time for those buses that do not run on time in the afternoon. 

Starting tomorrow, the district will begin to offer supervised early morning drop-off only for those buses that are not running on time each morning, so parents drop their kids off before leaving for work. For the middle and high school, the earliest drop-off time with staff supervision will be 6:25am and at the lower grade schools, it's 7:30am.  This is only for those buses that are not running the morning of, not for the entire student body.