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Updated: 6 minutes ago
|By Sean Baute
Although there were transportation delays, transportation times for students were almost identical to last year’s first day and even a few minutes faster.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Nick Picht
The shortage, currently 54 drivers, was anticipated and communicated by district leaders.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Kennedy Hayes
The school in the Valley Village neighborhood reopened as part of JCPS’s back up plan until the new Wilkerson Elementary passes inspection.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By David Mattingly
When a school bus driver shortage hit the commonwealth’s biggest district, everyone knew the first day of class could a little more unpredictable than usual.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Natalia Martinez
It’s been a rough couple of years for Jefferson County Public Schools, from COVID to a mass exodus of teachers and the unrelenting number of guns at schools.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Sean Baute
For some students, they met their teacher for the first time. For others, they met their bus driver for the first time. But what if their teacher was also their bus driver?
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 1:22 PM EDT
|By Olivia Russell
The county is in the red zone for COVID-19 transmission, but the district is letting staff and families make their own decisions about masks.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 9:20 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Drivers who do not stop for a school bus with its stop sign out and lights activated face a minimum penalty of $100 and could also face a penalty on their driving record.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
Teachers spent the past week at Watson Lane Elementary preparing their classrooms, putting finishing touches on a warm welcome that wasn’t expected.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
A grant from the United States Department of Agriculture is helping John Hardin High School’s agriculture curriculum grow.
Radar
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Due to a shortage, JCPS bus routes may often require a second run in the mornings and afternoons to pick up students from bus stops not covered in a first run.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 8:24 AM EDT
|By Josh Ninke
The new Old Mill Elementary building will not be ready for the start of the school year. It is still undergoing construction at this time.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:03 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Students will fill the classrooms by Wednesday.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT
|By Mark Stevens
JCPS said it still had several dozen bus routes to hire for and offer letters are still out for teachers.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 4:13 PM EDT
|By Julia Huffman
The foundation honors two siblings who died after being hit by a truck while playing mini golf on Dec. 4, 2020 in Panama City Beach, Fla.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
On Friday, Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio said the district has been doing everything it can to fill in the gaps, because they anticipated these problems.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 5:43 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
This week, teachers throughout the district have been hard at work setting up their classrooms; including at Gutermuth Elementary.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 7:09 PM EDT
|By Brian Shlonsky
The teacher shortage has been a problem plaguing districts in states all across the country.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Kennedy Hayes
Students and staff of Wilkerson Elementary School will be moving to a temporary location while construction is completed.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2022 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Nick Picht
The debate outside the Van Hoose Education Center was centered around JCPS students being mandated to wear masks in school buildings and buses.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 5:06 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Students, faculty and staff returned to the classroom and bus drivers went back to their routes.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 3:31 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Indiana University is offering a way to match scholarship offerings for students coming in from Kentucky.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 4:29 PM EDT
|By Elisa Schwartzmiller
Jefferson County Public Schools elementary teachers, students and coaches participated in the inaugural “K5 Math Summit” Friday.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 4:34 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
In recent weeks, the school district congratulated 11 new principals. Five of the principals are black and all five saw their posts deleted by Facebook.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 3:09 PM EDT
|By Brian Shlonsky
It’s an issue that school districts are talking about in states across the country. The battle has found its way to JCPS.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 1:39 PM EDT
|By Olivia Russell
The school district is following CDC guidance when it comes to COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt and Nick Picht
Jefferson County Public Schools announced universal masking will be required inside facilities as the county enters “high risk” COVID status.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 8:43 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
The first day back to school for students in Bardstown City Schools is being pushed back one week.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 7:08 PM EDT
|By David Mattingly
The move would turn the responsibility of teaching G.E.D. and English-As-A-Second-Language (ESL) classes over to someone else.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 1:08 PM EDT
|By Olivia Russell
People can complete applications, background checks, and interviews in one day.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Josh Ninke
Back-to-school shopping can get out of hand quickly. Schools hand out lists and kids need new clothes, so how do you save on all those necessities?
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 7:04 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
A new survey released by Clarksville Community Schools is looking to see where residents live to expand bus stops.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:40 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
The Jefferson County Board of Education on Tuesday approved new health guidance recommendations for the upcoming school year starting in less than a month.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Greater Clark County Schools’ plan to develop a new middle school to replace Parkview Middle School has been put on hold.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2022 at 4:06 PM EDT
|By Brian Shlonsky
The drive-thru meal pickups will be available at eight JCPS schools.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:25 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
CPS’ Ready4K program helps make the transition to Kindergarten easier for kids and their parents too.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 9:58 PM EDT
|By Nick Picht
On Facebook, the school posted that students with higher ACT test scores would get priority to secure a school parking pass.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Elisa Schwartzmiller
This is the district’s first review of school assignments in 40 years and creates an opportunity for better schools closer to home and better access to magnet schools.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 4:26 PM EDT
|By Brian Shlonsky
Option 9, that is available to candidates who have not obtained a bachelor’s degree and will not allow for temporary or provisional certification while completing the route.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2022 at 4:17 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
A Jefferson County District Judge has granted a temporary injunction against a senate bill that would have restricted administrative powers of the Jefferson County school board.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 1:44 PM EDT
|By Sean Baute
Coaches in attendance said it allows them to focus on the success and well-being of student athletes across the district.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 9:14 AM EDT
|By Charles Gazaway
The adjustment is being made due to a shortage of bus drivers.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 9:13 PM EDT
|By Dustin Vogt
Jefferson County Public Schools said even though school’s out for summer, plenty of students are taking advantage of the district’s summer programs.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:35 PM EDT
|By Tori Gessner
Jefferson County Public Schools hopes to have all security positions filled by the next school year, in accordance with its new security plan.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 6:12 PM EDT
|By Tori Gessner
A years long legal battle between the Jefferson County clerk, Jefferson County Public Schools and a group of taxpayers has ended.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 4:30 PM EDT
|By Michael Caldwell
She starts her new role in July.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2022 at 11:32 AM EDT
|By Elisa Schwartzmiller
High school students will have the opportunity to learn how to cook meals for astronauts that will be served on the International Space Station.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Kennedy Hayes
Their physical education program is back after 15 years, thanks to their new teacher Abbas Sattar-Shamsabadi, who's been working to build the program back from the ground up.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 11:47 PM EDT
|By Kathleen Ninke
The board voted to approve a 4% raise plus stipends for all JCPS teachers, the largest increase they’ve seen in 15 years.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 4:45 PM EDT
|By Maira Ansari
University of Louisville teachers and students are teaming up with the Kentucky School for the Blind so they can both learn something from history and one another.