Overview
- JCPS began classes Thursday with buses running across the district and officials calling the morning busy but generally smoother than the troubled first day in 2023.
- The district has more than 700 drivers assigned to roughly 640 routes to serve about 48,000 student riders by bus this year.
- A new Traverse routing system and tablets were deployed and families can use the My Ride K‑12 app, Bus Teller portal and the 485‑RIDE hotline to find routes and get live help.
- District leaders staged paid route practice runs and posted routes publicly before opening day to reduce errors in pick‑up and drop‑off times.
- Officials say every middle and high school has a school resource officer and they reminded drivers of a new Kentucky law increasing penalties for illegally passing stopped school buses.