At least 143 bus drivers have called out for Monday, Nov 6., according to Jefferson County Public Schools officials. That’s about 25% of all bus drivers calling out as of 6:33 a.m.Monday night, school officials said they were proactively canceling 47 bus routes. That number is going to go up as officials said even more routes will be cancelled though they did not specify how many more.Families and schools are being notified of the route cancellations and are being encouraged to find an alternative way to get their children to school.”These cancellations spread across the district,” said a JCPS spokesperson. “We are disappointed that so many drivers have made the decision to not show up for work today as the people this hurts the most are our students.”According to bus drivers, the biggest issues are with student behavior on buses, long routes and a lack of support from the school district.Drivers say the “sickout” has been brewing for months and is directed toward district leaders.JCPS says that after feedback from drivers, the district is changing the student discipline process.Absences will be excused for students who have to miss school because of the amount of bus drivers who have called out.The school district says that typically, routes are delayed, but with the increase in drivers not showing up for work, the safest and best option is to proactively cancel the routes. Below is a full list of bus routes (area and bus number) affected by Monday’s callout. Jeffersontown:1854193912621264185319411531202417641309Jacob:2075Blankenbaker:1051181217082080Detrick:2070Blue Lick:1340192120212022Wilhoit:11911957 Nearly 90 bus drivers called out on Friday in what was believed to be a planned “sickout” in protest of current bus conditions.JCPS has 575 drivers in total. More than 65,000 students take the bus each day and many routes were impacted by Friday’s “sickout.”Read more about Friday’s bus driver callout below:
At least 143 bus drivers have called out for Monday, Nov 6., according to Jefferson County Public Schools officials.
That’s about 25% of all bus drivers calling out as of 6:33 a.m.
Monday night, school officials said they were proactively canceling 47 bus routes.
That number is going to go up as officials said even more routes will be cancelled though they did not specify how many more.
Families and schools are being notified of the route cancellations and are being encouraged to find an alternative way to get their children to school.
“These cancellations spread across the district,” said a JCPS spokesperson. “We are disappointed that so many drivers have made the decision to not show up for work today as the people this hurts the most are our students.”
According to bus drivers, the biggest issues are with student behavior on buses, long routes and a lack of support from the school district.
Drivers say the “sickout” has been brewing for months and is directed toward district leaders.
JCPS says that after feedback from drivers, the district is changing the student discipline process.
Absences will be excused for students who have to miss school because of the amount of bus drivers who have called out.
The school district says that typically, routes are delayed, but with the increase in drivers not showing up for work, the safest and best option is to proactively cancel the routes.
Below is a full list of bus routes (area and bus number) affected by Monday’s callout.
Jeffersontown:
- 1854
- 1939
- 1262
- 1264
- 1853
- 1941
- 1531
- 2024
- 1764
- 1309
Jacob:
Blankenbaker:
Detrick:
Blue Lick:
Wilhoit:
Nearly 90 bus drivers called out on Friday in what was believed to be a planned “sickout” in protest of current bus conditions.
JCPS has 575 drivers in total.
More than 65,000 students take the bus each day and many routes were impacted by Friday’s “sickout.”
Read more about Friday’s bus driver callout below:
