Transportation co. to lay off 170 staff

A national bus company that provides transportation management services for 1,400 school districts will lay off about 170 employees in Shelton and Trumbull after losing contracts with the cities’ boards of education.

First Student Inc. recently gave notice to the Connecticut Department of Labor that it would lay off 104 employees in Trumbull and 70 in Shelton around June 30. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filings both cite the loss of a transportation contract as the reasons for the layoffs.

The Trumbull Board of Education has awarded its student transportation contract to Dattco for the coming year, while the Shelton Board of Education has awarded its contract to Landmark Transportation.