JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Three school bus whistleblowers question the safety of the company, saying they’re putting kids in danger. The three employees work for Student Transportation of America (STA), the company responsible for getting about 95,000 Duval County students to and from school safely. The whistleblowers said that isn’t happening because of mismanagement.
The company said its number one priority is safety, but these whistleblowers felt they had to speak. They tell Action News Jax they’ve never been more worried about child safety, breaking down into tears when they were talking about it.
One whistleblower said, “They don’t care about the students.” Another said the company is “unsafe; They’re unstaffed.” A third whistleblower said, “No matter how much (STA) preach(es) about how they are for safety and for the children, I absolutely do not believe that is the case.”
STA is one of the two companies contracted to drive school buses in Duval County. Action News Jax is concealing the whistleblowers’ identities because they’re worried about losing their jobs.
They paint a picture of regularly overcrowded busses, like the one Action News Jax first showed you in October. One said overcrowding is common.
“The school staff is begging me to try to squeeze more on because there’s no telling them when those children are going to get picked up,” she said, “These kids are, you know, are in jeopardy.”
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