The presentation submitted by interim chief operations officer Rob Fulk highlights how the district is looking at transportation heading into the next calendar year.
Linda Duncan says bus drivers need to be heard and there needs to be consequences for misbehaving on a bus. Starting on Wednesday, there’s a brand new system that might make that all happen.
Hebert said a Climate and Culture staff member will be assigned to every bus compound beginning Wednesday where they will directly take referrals from bus drivers.
While some were left waiting for hours, others were told their kids’ buses wouldn’t have a driver at all, causing many parents to drive their kids instead.
In a few weeks, JCPS families will pick their schools for the 2024-2025 school year. In addition to figuring out course offerings, parents and students will have to see if transportation is an option.
The app will help parents receive information about their student’s school bus ride by seeing real-time information about the location of their student’s school bus.
“I think things have gotten a little bit better,” McGarvey said. “But I want to make sure we are turning over every stone and doing everything we can in our different capacities to help with the transportation issues in Jefferson County.”
Because most in the JCPS bus fleet do not have air conditioning, district officials talk about what they will do to keep students safe during the heat wave.
JCPS students will miss at least six days of school by the time they make it back into the classroom. A recent report show they need as much class time as possible.
As JCPS elementary and middle school students prepare for class on Friday, one woman said the district is still not clear about how she can get her grandkids to school.
Discipline - and a lack of consequences - was one of the things that came up the most during last night’s JCPS Board meeting. But what is supposed to happen when a student misbehaves on a bus?
