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tute drivers when openings arise.

Jasmine Brown is one of the district’s new drivers.

As a mother of three Clark County students, she was looking for a career with a flexible schedule and a decent paycheck. At $15.38 per hour, she said he has found it.

“I needed something that would give me a good, cushy pay and the time that I needed to be with my kids,” said Brown, 28, who joined the district in October.

She previously worked in senior centers with lower pay and odd hours.

“The jobs I had before, the pay wasn’t worth it. The hours were not working with (my kids’) schedule,” she said “I checked with CCSD, and they’re flexible.”

Brown knows her schedule to the minute: 6:07 a.m., leave the bus yard; 6:35 a.m., pick up Foothill High students; 7:35 a.m., pick up Green Valley High students. Her afternoon shift starts when she leaves the yard at 12:36 p.m., picking up Foothill students at 1:16 p.m. She likes the schedule and plans to retire with the district.

Her out-of-pocket costs for becoming licensed were just $70 — $60 for a background check and $10 for a print copy of her driving record. The district paid for training to obtain a commercial driver’s license.

“For me, my training was great, because when you want something in life you’re going to do everything you can to get it,” Brown said. “And I wanted to be a bus driver.”

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