LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Board of Education will meet Tuesday night and Superintendent Marty Pollio is expected to provide an update on district-wide transportation.
This year, the district implemented a new, homegrown transportation plan to reduce the number of routes.
It meant cutting transportation options to magnet and traditional schools, but resulted in JCPS having more drivers than routes for the first time in years. Pollio previously said this was one of the major issues facing the district.
Pollio has said the district still has room to grow after its successful, yet imperfect, first day of school.
Although buses were on time picking up and dropping off students, long car rider lines have caused traffic backups and lengthy pickup times for parents.
According to Tuesday's meeting agenda, the board is expected to discuss schools where traffic has improved since the first day of school nearly two weeks ago. Those include Male High School and Audubon Elementary. JCPS leaders will also address areas where traffic patterns can be changed.
Pollio is also expected to provide an update on the 70 TARC drivers who have been working to become certified to driver school buses for the district.
The superintendent was hoping to share a plan with the board to bring back some of those lost routes. That plan, however, is dependent on all 70 drivers passing their required exams.
“Only 14 have [the proper requirements], and so 56 do not,” he said on Aug. 8. “They’re in the process of getting that testing and it’ll be done by the end of the month, but we also couldn’t bring a plan to our board not knowing how many bus drivers were gonna pass that.”
The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the VanHoose Education Center on Newburg Road.
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