Baker band can’t travel to playoff game due to bus driver shortage | Mobile County Alabama News

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) — Baker Excessive Faculty is prepped for a playoff matchup on the highway towards Auburn Excessive this week, however the Hornets’ greatest supporters can be caught in Cell.

A bus driver scarcity is maintaining the Baker Excessive Faculty band from touring to the sport.

The band’s booster president, Brandi Hannah, stated they’ve tried practically all the things. There’s simply no drivers to take them.

“Sadly it’s what it’s. We’re caught,” stated Hannah.

Hannah’s son is the trumpet part chief. He could not journey with the band to away video games final 12 months due to COVID protocols. Now, his senior 12 months, there’s one other impediment maintaining him and 175 of his band mates from Baker’s first playoff recreation in Auburn.

Hannah stated, “Our administrators, they referred to as most likely each constitution bus firm from Atlanta, to Jacksonville to Baton Rouge and in all places in between, and so they had been both already booked for the day that we wanted them, or they only merely didn’t have any drivers to assist us out.”

Hannah stated constitution bus drivers are in brief provide and so are faculty bus drivers nationwide.

“We would wish at the least six faculty buses and we won’t discover any drivers to drive these faculty buses. It is simply type of put us in a state of affairs the place we’ve no technique to get there,” stated Hannah.

The soccer group could not get constitution buses both, in order that they’re touring in class buses to Auburn, utilizing up all of the obtainable drivers.

Hannah stated they’ve even tried to get drivers from different faculty districts, together with the College of South Alabama, however all of them declined due to insurance coverage liabilities.

“Everyone’s is unhappy and disenchanted particularly mother and father of seniors, you already know, they need that yet another soccer recreation at the least,” Hannah stated. “I really feel dangerous for the soccer group that they are not going to have you already know, the band enjoying alongside, enjoying to combat tune each time they rating and getting them pumped up.”

If Baker wins within the first spherical, there’s some excellent news. The second spherical can be at Baker or simply throughout the bay in Fairhope and Hannah stated they’ll handle transportation for the quick distance.

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