Several school bus routes in Connecticut were delayed Monday morning as drivers did not show up to work in response to the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for school employees, but the governor said the worst case scenario has been avoided. “I think I can speak on behalf of 500,000 kids and their parents, thankfully the overwhelming majority of the school bus drivers showed up let kids get back to school for in-person learning,” Gov. Ned Lamont said on Monday after an event on a new car safety law. Under Lamont’s order, all Connecticut state employees, staff of childcare facilities, and preK-12 schools statewide must have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 27 or get tested weekly, raising concerns about whether hundreds of unvaccinated school bus drivers would be on the job when the mandate took effect. The Connecticut School Transportation Association (COSTA) warned that over 200 …