"I’m very excited," said Jacob Grubb, a sophomore in Atherton's health science academy. "I did not expect it to be this big, and it’s way better than what we had last year where it was just like an auditorium kind of thing and we just had a big space."
“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.”
Parents can call 502-485-RIDE for information about their child's bus number and help with identifying the bus stops closest to their home.
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.
The board voted 4-3 on the district’s reopening strategy, which now includes a hybrid schedule for elementary schools for most students while special needs students will be back in elementary classrooms five days a week.
JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio had previously suggested reopening elementary classrooms by the third week of March and operating middle and high schools on hybrid learning schedules by the first week of April immediately after spring break.
Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Marty Pollio has not offered a formal recommendation for a board vote.
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.
Assistant superintendents and eight principals presented details of reopening strategies during Tuesday’s work session as the board prepares to decide whether to resume in-person instruction.
Vaccinations opened for 1,200 JCPS teachers and staff from 25 elementary schools on Jan. 22 at Louisville Metro's drive-thru site in Broadbent Arena.
