For the first time in Sedalia School District 200 history, school was canceled last Friday due to a lack of bus drivers. Sedalia 200 and First Student have created a new contingency plan if a similar situation happens again.  At 5 a.m. Friday, Jan. 7, Sedalia 200 alerted all parents that school was canceled for the day because 13 of 29 drivers were ill. Out of the 13 drivers absent, only one was a COVID-19 close contact; the rest had bronchitis, influenza or were out for scheduled surgeries.  First Student, a business that contracts with Sedalia 200 to provide bus...

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