FAQ Topic: Drivers

First Student, a leading school bus service provider, operates the buses with trained and certified drivers.

The day-to-day operations of the Yellow Bus program and strategic oversight and planning of the program are handled by the Tiburon Peninsula Traffic Relief JPA.

First Student’s drivers are fully certified, courteous, and professional. In addition to a Commercial Driver’s License, school bus drivers must also obtain a School Pupil Activity Bus (SPAB) certification. This certification process trains drivers on issues specific to student transportation and also includes fingerprinting and background checks.

First Student drivers are assigned the same routes each day, but they are entitled to sick days and vacation, and some driver attrition is inevitable.