UPDATE: “I am relieved that the school buses are rolling again and that our kids are again being put first. We need to remain vigilant though and ensure that the drivers understand that future illegal actions like this will be dealt with swiftly with real and permanent repercussions for those taking part. Families should never again be placed in such dangerous and uncertain situations.” – State Rep. and Boston mayoral candidate Marty Walsh in an email to BostInno

Boston Public School students are headed back to the classroom this morning after the roughly 600 buses that refused to hit the pavement yesterday during a driver’s strike that left some 30,000 students with no means of transportation are back hauling tykes, tweens, and adolsecents per usual.

Black car service Uber will be standing by in style should more bus drivers call it quits indefinitely. The City of Boston website currently warns that “afternoon service unclear” as far as late-day drivers are concerned.

The drivers, members of the United Steelworkers Union Local 8751, picketed what the Boston Globe calls “a variety grievances, from payroll problems to a new Web page that allows parents to track their children’s buses.” Their protest, however, was illegal as it failed to be authorized by union officials. Mayor Tom Menino cited such, as did John Connolly and Marty Walsh—the two candidates vying to replace him—condemning the drivers for hindering students’ education.

Anticipating the possibility of drivers rejoining the rank and file, Uber will be offering “free rides to and from all Boston Public Schools for families and faculty around the city.”

All anyone wishing to ride in suave, sleek style has to do is “request a ride to or from any Boston Public School between the hours of 6:30-8:30am or 1-4pm, and that ride will be free. No promo codes required, no questions asked.”

Doesn’t get much cooler than that, especially since we never know if/when the drivers will go on strike again. Most parents yesterday weren’t notified of the demonstration until they realized the buses weren’t en route.

About 33,000 of the city’s 57,000 students take the bus to school, notes the Globe.

It’s unlikely the drivers will strike again today, as they’ve been notified by their union officials not to continue. The same has been noted by a Boston-area judge who gave the strikers one day to receive further instruction from the union before legal action is taken.

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