Bus drivers play a vital role in our school community. We encourage parents, friends, family, and neighbors to consider a rewarding career as a school bus driver and make a positive impact on the lives of children.
All bus drivers start out as substitute drivers which offers schedule flexibility!
BSD provides substitute drivers:
Regular, permanent drivers also receive:
Please complete the online application and contact the transportation office at 360-473-1507 to save your spot in the next training!
Bremerton School District will pay for up to 80 hours of training time at current substitute driver wage for the cost of earning a commercial driver's license (CDL) starting the first day of class. The 2022-2023 Substitute Driver wage is $26.03 per hour.
The following costs are the responsibility of the applicant, of which 50% can be reimbursed (see below).
Fifty-percent of the costs to applicants is reimbursed six months after training is complete. The additional 50% will be reimbursed after 1-year or upon date-of-hire as a permanent driver (whichever is sooner).
To receive reimbursement, you must successfully complete the training and provide original receipts.
Prior to the first day of training, applicants must successfully pass: