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Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:37 am
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:37 am
And in schools for hours:
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The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.
In a video statement posted to social media Thursday, Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio apologized to the district’s 96,000 students, their families, bus drivers and school officials. He said that canceling day two and day three of school was the hardest decision of his superintendent career. The district, which includes Louisville, has 65,000 bus riders, according to its website.
“I saw some incredible instruction. Kids excited, families excited, new school buildings, and to have it end with the transportation disaster that we had last night was truly unacceptable. And once again, I apologize for that,” he said in the video post.
In a Facebook post Wednesday, Pollio said JCPS “always experiences delays in transportation during the first days of school” but that what occurred Wednesday “is unacceptable.”
“We acknowledge that the delays and frustrations felt by families were worse than in years past as bus drivers, families, students and school staff all worked to navigate a brand new transportation plan,” he said in the statement.
Families waited for hours, according to the statement, for their children to return home after dismissal, and that as of 9:58 p.m. Wednesday, bus riders had not been dropped off.
“We will be working diligently to make adjustments with the goal of reducing bus wait times and ensuring every child who needs one has a safe ride to and from school,” Pollio said in the statement.
Because children were delayed getting home to families, the Louisville Metro Police Department told CNN they had a few calls from parents. The children, however, were found prior to the report-taking process.
AlphaRoute, an engineering firm that develops transportation solutions and is under contract with JCPS, said in a statement to CNN that the company is working “diligently to resolve the issues it experienced,” and it is not clear what the “full range of root causes were for those issues.”
“But we recognize that the situation was extremely regrettable and likely caused by the significant changes to bus routing which were made necessary by the district’s severe driver shortage,” the statement said.
A “substantial amount of change” was caused by a new school assignment model, according to the statement. “We are fully confident that the new bell times and the new routes will work as planned, and we will do everything we can to support the district during this process.”
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Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:41 am to SteelerBravesDawg
Probably the same problem a lot of these fast food places like McDonald's, Popeyes and others have, lazy employees.
This post was edited on 8/12/23 at 9:43 am
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:44 am to SteelerBravesDawg
Refreshing to know that it isn't just Louisiana's school districts brimming with incompetence
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:46 am to SuperSaint
refreshing to get a outsiders take on school districts from a prison GED program graduate.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:47 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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Families waited for hours, according to the statement, for their children to return home after dismissal, and that as of 9:58 p.m
could you imagine waiting for your 1st grader to get off the bus for 7 hours?
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:56 am to TigerintheNO
I'd lose my fricking mind.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 9:56 am to SteelerBravesDawg
How many things have to go wrong for kids to be on school buses until 10 pm? Seems like they can manage to get them all home within 2 hours with no plan at all.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:00 am to LSUGrrrl
Are parents just not able to go pick the kids up themselves? I'd think after about 4pm I'd just go get them off the bus. I mean, as a parent, are you seriously letting your child sit on a bus until 10pm?
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:03 am to SteelerBravesDawg
going to get worse. Labor shortages and high prices mean lots of people will need to learn to do things for themselves.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:03 am to hojo
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mean, as a parent, are you seriously letting your child sit on a bus until 10pm?
What choice do you have?
Kid gets on bus after school, the bus drives around aimlessly for 8 hrs before dropping them off.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:07 am to LSUGrrrl
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How many things have to go wrong for kids to be on school buses until 10 pm? Seems like they can manage to get them all home within 2 hours with no plan at all.
you’re overestimating the intelligence of most government employees.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:17 am to SteelerBravesDawg
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We acknowledge that the delays and frustrations felt by families were worse than in years past as bus drivers, families, students and school staff all worked to navigate a brand new transportation plan,” he said in the statement.
“Frustrations” is not the correct word. I would use livid or furious.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:19 am to Ponchy Tiger
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Probably the same problem a lot of these fast food places like McDonald's, Popeyes and others have, lazy employees.
According to the original thread this isn't the case. It has more to do with making drastic changes to the routes and how they are handled, poor planning, and a shortage of drivers.
This post was edited on 8/12/23 at 10:20 am
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:19 am to LSU2ALA
Wait till Baton Rouge shuts the interstate lanes down
It’s coming
It’s coming
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:20 am to hojo
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Are parents just not able to go pick the kids up themselves? I'd think after about 4pm I'd just go get them off the bus. I mean, as a parent, are you seriously letting your child sit on a bus until 10pm?
The school system couldn’t find these damn busses and you expect to just hop in your car and go find it?
Don’t get me wrong, I’d be doing everything I could to locate my kid too but it doesn’t seem like it was that easy.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:26 am to SteelerBravesDawg
Germany Kentucky?
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:27 am to CaptainsWafer
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The school system couldn’t find these damn busses and you expect to just hop in your car and go find it?
Misunderstood. Thought they were sitting at school with not enough drivers. Is the implication that the buses left on time and were driving around for 7 hours?
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:37 am to hojo
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Is the implication that the buses left on time and were driving around for 7 hours?
Yes.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:39 am to RogerTheShrubber
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going to get worse. Labor shortages and high prices mean lots of people will need to learn to do things for themselves.
This issue here is that no one wants to drive around a bunch of uncivilized assholes for a couple hours. Bud drivers are getting harder to find.
Posted on 8/12/23 at 10:43 am to hojo
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Misunderstood. Thought they were sitting at school with not enough drivers. Is the implication that the buses left on time and were driving around for 7 hours?
There's more info in the original thread
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