LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — As Jefferson County Public Schools students get ready to head back to school next Thursday, district leaders are sharing what they’re doing, and have done, to avoid another transportation meltdown.
The district has been working all summer long to make changes after some students arrived home as late as 10 p.m. on the first day of school in August 2023, prompting school to be canceled for two days to resolve the issues.
“So we learned a lot from last year. We made a lot of mistakes and we learned from that. Bringing in our own internal routing team so that they are routing the buses has been a big addition and help for us,” Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio said Wednesday. “But, without a doubt, it’s having more bus drivers than routes. Which, this will be the first time we’ve had that in many years. We had to make …