(Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) HARRISBURG - A proposal to construct plastic barriers around school bus drivers as a COVID-19 mitigation tactic was shot down by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, a sign of one particular challenge — among many — schools face as they plan for a fall reopening.The state Education Department told districts last month each can restart in-person instruction with a plan that’s approved by the local school board, made public and provided to the state.
But Education Secretary Pedro Rivera warned that transportation would be a difficult problem to solve.The great majority of the state’s public school districts contract with private companies to provide bus transportation, and those.