LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB)---When Sara Blair and her husband Randy moved from Dayton, Ohio, she says considering schools and neighborhoods went hand in hand.
They hoped their daughter could attend a neighborhood school.
"So if they're being bused to a school outside of your neighborhood, then that kinda defeats the purpose of the neighborhood you choose to reside in," says JCPS parent Sara Blair.
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruling is leaving it up to the local school board to determine where students in the district go to school. This doesn't sit well with some families.
"I would think that it would be easier and more economical for the schools, for the city, for everyone involved to stay closer to where they lived. Shorter bus travel and shorter routes, time," says JCPS parent Randy Blair.
"People really count on their neighborhood school because they feel safe there, they feel comfortable with the school, especially if they've already been there," says JCPS parent Erica Glantz.
However, not all parents are against it. Some parents tell us they were glad to hear this latest news.
Among a line of parents at Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School are some parents who don't mind the current student assignment plan.
"Our kids already go to school across town, but that's our choice for the Montessori program, so we'll make whatever they decide work for our family," says JCPS parent Thomas Coleman.
"I think it's really important for our kids to go to school with a diverse community. Our community is diverse and our school should be too. Until our neighborhoods are and until the housing situation lets our neighborhoods be diverse, the schools need to act to make it happen," says JCPS parent Bridget Kolb.
Parent Katina Mosby says she disagrees.
"That's not true, because there's a lot of areas...my area is a diverse area. There's a variety of people that live different places," says Katina Mosby.
It's an issue that even has parents like Randy Blair, considering another move if his daughter eventually has to be bused to a school across town.
"In all reality, that would probably be a deciding factor to just move back home," says Randy Blair.
JCPS announced this summer that it would accept a new assignment plan for elementary school students that begins next school year.
The plan increases clusters from 6 to 13 and offers fewer choices for parents.
Supporters of the plan say it will help eliminate long bus rides.
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