Kids got home at 10 p.m. in Kentucky school bus route 'disaster'
Kentucky's largest school system canceled the second and third days of school after a disastrous overhaul of the transportation system.
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Kentucky's largest school system canceled the second and third days of school after a disastrous overhaul of the transportation system.
Superintendent Marty Pollio has called it a "transportation disaster" and apologized to students, families, bus drivers, and school officials who had to stay with students for hours as they waited for busses Wednesday. He said the decision to close schools on Thursday and Friday was the most difficult of his career but said it was necessary.
The implementation of a comprehensive revamp of bus routes within Louisville's school district led to a logistical crisis on the first day of classes.
Superintendent Marty Pollio has called it a "transportation disaster" and apologized to students, families, bus drivers, and school officials who had to stay with students for hours as they waited for busses Wednesday. He said the decision to close schools on Thursday and Friday was the most difficult of his career but said it was necessary.
Louisville school district officials say an overhaul of bus routes created too steep a learning curve for the system