LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Rollout for JCPS students riding the bus has worked out better this year compared to last year's transportation fiasco.
The district said students have been getting dropped off consistently on time. But, with every new solution comes a new problem.
Parents with students at Schaffner Elementary School are expressing concern and frustration with hour-long car lines and a lack of what they call "planning on JCPS' part."
"Everybody that I know of has been complaining. They even lost a job or can't get a job cause they have to continue to do this," one parent told WHAS11. "You have to sit here maybe an hour to get the kids. I picked my niece at 2 p.m. and I'm still waiting for another kid to get out at 3 p.m., it's ridiculous."
The district recognizes there are still issues with car rider lines, but said it "does not have authority over anything that is not our property, including roadways."
"We are evaluating all car rider lines and have seen improvements at a majority of our schools already," a spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday. JCPS said improvements are expected to come in the coming several weeks.
Reports about the Shively Police Department issuing tickets to parents waiting on Crums Lane have also been swirling on social media.
"We have no desire to punish parents of children for issues outside of their control," Shively Police Sgt. Jordan Brown said. "Our department will not ticket parents unless there is a safety issue or their actions are causing property damage (for example, parking in someone's front yard and damaging grass)."
Residents who live across the street from Schaffner are upset with the headaches the traffic causes.
Jaqueline Williams lives across the street and said it's hard for her to get to and from work.
"Yesterday when I went to work, I had to walk down to the corner to get my ride because nobody could get through. Then I was noticing yesterday morning a lot of the parents they were parking down there I guess at the store and were walking their kids to school," she said.
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