In October, Jefferson County Public Schools paid out over $2 million in bus stipends for nearly 11,000 students. The payments from December are even higher and for a fewer number of students.
Jefferson County Public Schools officials said the district now has enough drivers from Louisville's public transportation agency to possibly restore bus routes that were cut.
Jefferson County Public Schools has paid parents more than $2 million in stipends this school year for driving their children to school, according to data obtained in an open records request.
Jefferson County Public Schools will begin a new chapter of its storied transportation history Aug. 8 when nearly 100,000 kids return to class across Louisville.
Heading into the next school year, JCPS and the Jefferson County Board of Education are working over the next few months to ensure a smoother start when it comes to transportation.
Jefferson County Public Schools parents are waiting to find out when the school day will start next year. And right now, there are proposals to change start times from nine different ones district-wide to just three.