Fairfax County Public Schools bus driver vacancies fell roughly 81% between July 2024 and January 2026. The district credits the turnaround to Jeremy Doxer, a senior transportation manager who also brings school buses to Vienna's holiday parades.

Doxer, a senior manager in the FCPS Office of Transportation Services (OTS), was profiled by the district on Sunday, Oct. 18 as part of his nomination for the 2026 FCPS Honors award for Outstanding Nonschool-Based Leader. The profile describes how Doxer created "One Stop Shop" job fairs that bundle multiple hiring steps into a single event and more than doubled the number of OTS recruitment events.

Doxer has spent more than 15 years with FCPS Transportation. He worked his way from bus driver and dispatcher through supervisor and operations manager roles before reaching senior manager. He still fills in behind the wheel when a route needs coverage, according to the FCPS profile.

He also led the rollout of Tyler bus tablets across the district's fleet of 1,730 school buses and vans. The tablets use radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded in new student ID cards to track which students board and exit each bus. They display route information for drivers and transmit data in real time to dispatchers. FFXnow reported in July that FCPS began testing the system the previous summer before expanding it during the 2025-2026 school year. Doxer coordinated installations, trained staff and installed tablets himself when needed, FCPS said. Colleagues around OTS call him the "tablet man."

For Vienna families, Doxer's work shows up beyond the school parking lot. He has coordinated FCPS transportation's participation in the Town of Vienna's Halloween and Christmas parades, the district said. He regularly attends PTA meetings, school fun fairs and Touch-A-Truck events in the area.

"He consistently prioritizes people over schedules, always taking the time to lend a hand," a colleague wrote in his FCPS Honors nomination.

When Timber Lane Elementary School was added to his service area, Doxer worked with school leaders and facilities staff to resolve a conflict over teacher and bus parking, finding an alternative arrangement that the district said better supported the school community.