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Atlanta Public Schools to host job fairs for bus drivers, other posts

Atlanta Public Schools will host five job fairs in the coming months to recruit transportation workers. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC FILE PHOTO)
Atlanta Public Schools will host five job fairs in the coming months to recruit transportation workers. (Alyssa Pointer/AJC FILE PHOTO)
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April 22, 2022

The state’s seventh-largest school system will recruit bus drivers, bus monitors, crossing guards and other full-time transportation positions at five job fairs.

Atlanta Public Schools scheduled the first recruitment event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Harper-Archer Elementary School, 3399 Collier Drive, NW.

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The district is offering a $1,000 hiring bonus in an effort to attract workers in a competitive job market that has school systems vying for applicants.

Additional APS job fairs are scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on the following dates:

May 21: Hutchinson Elementary School, 650 Cleveland Ave., SW.

June 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 545 Hill St., SE.

July 16: L.P. Miles Elementary School, 4215 Bakers Ferry Road, SW.

July 16: Sutton Middle School, 2875 Northside Drive, NW.

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