Jefferson County Public Schools' new busing plan stumbled badly in its debut Tuesday when more than 400 students weren't returned home until after 6 p.m. — with a dozen failing to get home until after 9 p.m.
Lauren Roberts, spokeswoman for the district, said 400 of those students were from three schools — Chancey, King and Lincoln elementaries — and were transported home late because school staff did not tag students properly, which “resulted in major problems and caused a major delay in getting them home.”“We are very, very disappointed in how this day ended,” Roberts said. “It was a day that had gone so well and so smoothly.”
“For some reason, the procedure was not followed,” she said. “We will find out what happened and it will be fixed tomorrow.”
Two JCPS elementary principals have been suspended indefinitely in response to Tuesday's busing problems that resulted in more than 400 students getting home hours later than they should have.
King Elementary principal Julia Lewis and Lincoln Elementary principal Sonya Unseld have been suspended with pay while the district investigates problems that resulted in hundreds of students from their schools being improperly tagged to return home on buses, Superintendent Sheldon Berman said.
Check out C-J education reporter Toni Konz's very bad day.
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