Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

‘I’m terrified to put this kid on the bus’: JCPS parents worried after first-day chaos [Kentucky school buses brought students home six hours late]
The Courier Journal via Yahoo ^ | August 11, 2023 | Kate Marijolovic, and Leah Hunter,

Posted on 08/11/2023 11:44:34 AM PDT by grundle

More than 100 parents contacted the Courier Journal to report problems with their child's transportation. Parents said they were particularly upset by the district's lack of communication about when their children would arrive home from school.

The last bus riders weren't dropped off until 9:58 p.m.

Smallwood said the bus her children rode didn’t have air conditioning, and since kids weren’t allowed to have food or drink on the bus, her autistic daughter, who has low blood sugar and must eat every two hours, was told she couldn’t eat because there were “no exceptions.”

Smallwood said her family also couldn’t find her 7-year-old nephew Wednesday night. No one from his school or the bus depot hotline answered their calls, so the family drove around town trying to find him, she said, adding that the second grader didn't get home from school until 8:47 p.m. He was supposed to arrive at 3:14 p.m.

(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: arth; jeffersoncounty; kentucky; schools; transportation
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last
To: grundle

It is only troublesome right wingers who except the government day care centers to do more than day care. < / sarcasm>


21 posted on 08/11/2023 11:59:36 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

My School Bus driver in the 1970’s (Mrs Willie) had a wooden yardstick she broke more than a couple times over out of control kids. Back when you feared discipline, so you didn’t act out.


22 posted on 08/11/2023 11:59:41 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

And besides, even if a breakdown, how many busses could possibly break down the same afternoon?? Get another bus over there after they complete their route, move the kids to the new bus and drop them off, and deal with the broken down bus THEN. Morons.


23 posted on 08/11/2023 11:59:46 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: grundle
Here's an idea...

.... instead of busing the children all over the county, bus the teachers.

24 posted on 08/11/2023 12:00:09 PM PDT by Bratch
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

“It’s not right that our children are being punished over something that JCPS has done.”

https://www.google.com/search?q=JCPS&rlz=1CAPUVO_enUS1052US1052&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


25 posted on 08/11/2023 12:01:35 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Send Asylum Seekers to empty college dorms/class rooms in NY/NJ/Mass/West Point & NE blue citiesl)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: grundle

In Kentucky, school buses brought children home six hours late. Children who needed to eat for medial reasons were prohibited from doing so. If people want to see a place where children are truly in danger, this is the place to look. What the heck is wrong with these idiots?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Here’s the cold hard fact: Public schools all across America are increasingly DANGEROUS places for children, both physically and psychologically. Parents who can avoid sending their children to those dangerous locations should immediately do so.


26 posted on 08/11/2023 12:06:28 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: grundle

the yoga latte mommies in our neighborhood were upset cause the school bus driver turned off her tracker.
Thank God their kids were trackable thru their smartphones. /s


27 posted on 08/11/2023 12:06:37 PM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ronniesgal

Red state. I’d blame republicans.


28 posted on 08/11/2023 12:09:35 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (e allowed )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: Bratch
This stood out to me

JCPS recently started using a program developed by a firm called AlphaRoute out of Massachusetts to help with planning routes and assigning bus stop locations. The program — developed by graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — uses artificial intelligence to generate the routes with the intent of reducing the number of routes. JCPS had 730 routes last year, and that was cut to 600 beginning this year.

29 posted on 08/11/2023 12:13:57 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: stylecouncilor

ping


30 posted on 08/11/2023 12:14:04 PM PDT by windcliff
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Mears

Baloney…….there are some excellent public schools in this country.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Heh. Like the guy at the auto salvage yard told me: Hell, there’s some excellent cars out there on that lot!


31 posted on 08/11/2023 12:15:54 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Looks like Jefferson County Schools owns their own school busses, they do not contract with a bus company to run them.


32 posted on 08/11/2023 12:16:36 PM PDT by brianl703
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Mears

Randi Weingarten, is that you????


33 posted on 08/11/2023 12:21:01 PM PDT by ALPAPilot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: hardspunned

The obvious reason to be terrified of putting a kid on an American school bus is the fear the bus actually gets to school and your child’s mind is further turned to mush.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
I’m a certified opponent of those yellow menaces that snarl traffic twice a day. When asked why, I ask how kinds got to school before there were school buses, and why it is they can’t they continue to get there that way? No one seems to have an answer that makes any sense.


34 posted on 08/11/2023 12:23:34 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Current POPE and POTUS: corrupt, ignorant, paranoid, angry, deeply hateful, and deeply despised.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: txlurker

“cut over 200 bus routes.”

Wow, is enrollment collapsing that much?

If they cut that many, then that means every route had to be redrawn. No wonder there are some teething pains.


35 posted on 08/11/2023 12:25:07 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

I remember our bus driver in fifth grade in 1960 - Mr. Swarthout. WW II was only 15 years behind us, so men didn’t take ANY crap from kids. He maintained control of the bus. If somebody acted up, he stopped the bus and marched back there to handle the mischief maker. It usually took only one “talking to” and a kid didn’t act up again.

Those days are long gone. Sigh.


36 posted on 08/11/2023 12:27:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Still Thinking

Exactly right. If something goes wrong, take care of the kids, make sure they are safe, and immediately call all the parents. They blew it on all counts.


37 posted on 08/11/2023 12:28:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Bratch

“We should have anticipated those problems better than we did,”

With that many route changes (and probably lots of new drivers), don’t they do test runs and dry runs before school starts?


38 posted on 08/11/2023 12:30:01 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: fortes fortuna juvat

i don’t like it that a) we have to wait while the driver and mommy have a chat.
b) in our area the bus stops wherever the parents ask the kid to be dropped off, so if it is at a business on a busy highway, all traffic must stop. Even if there is a divider between the lanes ( think 4 lane highway)


39 posted on 08/11/2023 12:32:11 PM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: grundle; 6amgelsmama; 100American; AAABEST; aberaussie; AbolishCSEU; AccountantMom; Aggie Mama; ...

ANOTHER REASON TO HOMESCHOOL

This ping list is for the other articles of interest to homeschoolers about education and public school. This can occasionally be a fairly high volume list. Articles pinged to the Another Reason to Homeschool List will be given the keyword of ARTH. (If I remember. If I forget, please feel free to add it yourself)

The main Homeschool Ping List handles the homeschool-specific articles. I hold both the Homeschool Ping List and the Another Reason to Homeschool Ping list. Please freepmail me to let me know if you would like to be added to or removed from either list, or both.

And no doubt, most of those kids will be on the bus the next day.

40 posted on 08/11/2023 12:42:21 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson