“I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and we had really hoped that it would come earlier,” Superintendent Marty Pollio said Tuesday during a news conference at Semple Elementary. “But we are so excited that we are going to be opening these doors tomorrow.”
After nearly a year away from the driver’s seat, Jefferson County Public Schools bus driver R.W. Fawbush is ready to get back behind the wheel once classrooms in Kentucky’s largest school district start reopening next week.
The first group of elementary students are set to walk inside JCPS schools on March 17, some for the first time and others for the first time in about a year.
Board members James Craig, Linda Duncan and Sarah McIntosh said they intend to vote to resume in-person instruction at Jefferson County Public Schools during a special meeting Thursday.
The ultimate reopening decision will rest with the Jefferson County Board of Education, which met Tuesday to continue discussions on the district’s plan to resume in-person instruction.