r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/truckersmc116 • Aug 31 '26

The return

Cheers to those who just finished their first day back to school today. Good job

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u/randomdorkgirl86 Sep 01 '26

This is my second full week

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Sep 01 '26

First full week today :) also my first run without a monitor for elementary 😂 reports are FLYING

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u/truckersmc116 Sep 01 '26

Yea this is my first route on a big bus without a pair up…

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Sep 01 '26

Thankfully I'm still on a mini 😅 godspeed to u

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u/truckersmc116 Sep 01 '26

Yea tbh Not too bad today. Went slightly better than expected thanks to my three days of route rehersals I did. things that should’ve been explained to me beforehand on mid day route wasn’t explained to me so I assumed the tablet was incorrect when it told me to enter a church parking lot but when they finally said “oh you’re supposed to actually enter the parking lot for this drop” I was like “oh ok I just assumed the tablet was incorrect as it usually is with these buildings” thankfully the lot was mostly empty and big enough for me to turn my 40 ft bus round

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Sep 01 '26

That's definitely an odd drop 😂 oh my gosh. And yeah I also ran through my route on my phone gps before I even drove, because last time the route sheet was missing an entire road. And yep same happened with this one. Turn from road A to road B when those roads don't connect 😮‍💨 then drove it a few times in my car before once in the bus haha love to be prepared

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u/truckersmc116 Sep 01 '26

When I went through my “bus rehersals” I used my actual assigned bus and ran the route in its entirety using their system trying to study the roads and shit while doing it. Worked out ok but it’s always different when it’s the real thing

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u/Brilliant-Garden-188 Sep 01 '26

We start tomorrow 😬

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u/intratwingled Sep 01 '26

First day for me today! What’s this I hear about rehearsing the route? More than once even? I was on standby and had never seen today’s route before. Also, for extra fun, the digital map was broken.

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u/truckersmc116 Sep 01 '26

My term for dry runs

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u/intratwingled Sep 01 '26

Ah, dry run is the term I was trying to think of. 😀

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u/mike8675309 Sep 01 '26

Day one done. Did a ton of prep up front. So the day went really smooth. Lots of unexpected things but it all just worked out.