Maryland National Guard Won’t Fill In for Sick Bus Drivers After School District’s Request

School buses are parked in Montgomery County, Md., in a file photograph. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Maryland National Guard members will not be sent to the state’s most populous county to help alleviate a school bus driver shortage.

At the request of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the county’s government sent a request this week to the Guard to send personnel to fill in for drivers out sick.