JCPS parents frustrated, terrified to put kids back on the bus

Some kids were on the bus for hours Wednesday night, trying to get home, while others were dropped off at the wrong stop in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

Some kids were on the bus for hours Wednesday night, trying to get home, while others were dropped off at the wrong stop in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

OUR TEAM COVERAGE. THE DISTRICT HAS PLEDGED TO SPEND THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WORKING TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT POSTED AN ONLINE MESSAGE APOLOGIZING, SAYING, BUT FOR A LOT OF THE PARENTS WE TALKED TO, THEY SAY SORRY ISN맥스카지노�T ENOUGH. OFF THURSDAY MORNING, SOME JCP맥스카지노�S PARENTS AND STUDENTS WERE READY FOR THE SECOND DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. BUT IN AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE, THE DISTRICT CANCELED CLASSES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK TO DEAL WITH THE BUSSING CRISIS. PARENTS LIKE DEREK WATTS SAID HE DIDN맥스카지노�T PLAN ON PUTTING SEVEN YEAR OLD LAYLA AND EIGHT YEAR OLD LOGAN BACK ON THE BUS ANYTIME SOON. THE KIDS ARRIVED HOME SWEATING, HUNGRY AND TERRIFIED WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER A THREE HOUR RIDE. I WAS MAD BEFORE THEY EVEN GOT HOME. IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING. AND THEN I CALLED THE SCHOOL AND THEY COULDN맥스카지노�T REALLY GIVE ME ANY ANSWERS OF WHEN THEY WOULD BE HOME, WHERE THEY맥스카지노�D BE AT. JANELLE BUSSEY WAITED FOR HOURS AT HER SON STOP NEAR THE PARK HILL NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE FINALLY DRIVING TO SAMPLE ELEMENTARY. I맥스카지노�M MAD I WAITED THAT LATE. I맥스카지노�M MAD. I REALLY WAITED THAT LATE. HER SON, TEN YEAR OLD TERRY, WAS PUT ON A BUS AFTER WAITING FOR THREE HOURS AT THE SCHOOL BUS. WE WENT TO THE CAPITOL AREA FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THEN WENT TO A TEACHER맥스카지노�S ROOM. HE MADE IT HOME JUST AFTER NINE THAT NIGHT, THE LAST JCP맥스카지노�S STUDENT WAS DROPPED OFF JUST MINUTES BEFORE TEN AND WEDNESDAY BROUGHT NOT ONLY DELAYS, BUT MISTAKES WITH KIDS LIKE EIGHT YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN BEING DROPPED OFF AT THE WRONG BUS STOP. HE WAS SIX BLOCKS FROM HIS NEWBURGH HOME WHEN A STRANGER SAW HIM. SHE SAID, DO YOU NEED HELP? I SAID YES TO FIND MY HOUSE. THE THIRD GRADER MADE IT HOME AT SEVEN. HIS TERRIFIED PARENTS WERE RELIEVED, BUT CHRISTIAN WAS SHAKEN. HE JUST BUSTED OUT CRYING, HE SAID. I THOUGHT MY FAMILY DISAPPEARED. HE맥스카지노�S ALREADY SAID HE맥스카지노�S NOT GETTING BACK ON A BUS. AND COUNTLESS PARENTS WHO SPENT HOURS WONDERING WHERE THEIR CHILDREN WERE ARE NOW DEMANDING THE DISTRICT DO BETTER. AND WHILE THE DISTRICT HAS YET TO COMMENT ON JUST HOW MANY CHILDREN WERE AFFECTED, I KNOW THAT PERSONALLY. I맥스카지노�VE TALKED TO ABOUT TWO DOZEN PARENTS REPORTING OUTSIDE THE VANHOOSE EDUCATI

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JCPS parents frustrated, terrified to put kids back on the bus

Some kids were on the bus for hours Wednesday night, trying to get home, while others were dropped off at the wrong stop in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

Wednesday started with high fives and fist bumps for many JCPS students, but the afternoon turned to chaos as busing issues led to massive delays in students getting home.According to a district spokesperson, the last student was dropped off at 9:58 p.m. Wednesday. And some, like Christian Lee, 8, got dropped off in the wrong spot.The third grader was dropped off six blocks from his Newburg home. He finally made it home at 7 p.m., thanks to help from a neighbor."Here he comes from down the street with some total stranger lady that brought him down there," father Chris Lee told 비바카지노 Viva.His mother, Cynthia Lee, who was terrified when Christian's bus returned home without him, said there was relief and confusion when the couple saw their son."I just ran across the street and grabbed him and said, 'What맥스카지노�s going on?' He said, 'The bus let me out way down there,'" Lee said.Shanell Bussey did not see her son until after 9 p.m. Wednesday. She waited at the bus stop in the Parkhill neighborhood before driving to his school. That's where she learned Terry, 10, had been put on a bus just after 8 p.m. And while the district closed schools Thursday and Friday to resolve the issue, Bussey remains doubtful."How long is this going to go on? How long are they going to have to stay home? Are you going to have this figured out by Monday? No! No, you맥스카지노�re not," Bussey, a mother of four, said.Multiple parents 비바카지노 Viva talked with said their kids rode the bus for hours. For some, it was so long they wet their pants. Derrick Watt's kids' stop is off Goldsmith Lane. Watt said they arrived there sweaty and hungry after a three-hour ride."They didn't get home until 7:30. Logan, my son, the oldest kid, he was scared to death, didn't know if they was going to make it home," Watt said.Watt said he is reluctant to put his kids back on the bus. The Lees say Christian has already told them he won't ride a bus again."He said, 'I'm done with school. I don맥스카지노�t want to do this no more. It's scary and I don맥스카지노�t want to do this no more,'" Chris Lee said.While 비바카지노 Viva talked to about two dozen parents that experienced problems, JCPS has not yet commented on how many children were affected.

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Wednesday started with high fives and fist bumps for many JCPS students, but the afternoon turned to chaos as busing issues led to massive delays in students getting home.

According to a district spokesperson, the last student was dropped off at 9:58 p.m. Wednesday. And some, like Christian Lee, 8, got dropped off in the wrong spot.

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The third grader was dropped off six blocks from his Newburg home. He finally made it home at 7 p.m., thanks to help from a neighbor.

"Here he comes from down the street with some total stranger lady that brought him down there," father Chris Lee told 비바카지노 Viva.

His mother, Cynthia Lee, who was terrified when Christian's bus returned home without him, said there was relief and confusion when the couple saw their son.

"I just ran across the street and grabbed him and said, 'What맥스카지노�s going on?' He said, 'The bus let me out way down there,'" Lee said.

Shanell Bussey did not see her son until after 9 p.m. Wednesday. She waited at the bus stop in the Parkhill neighborhood before driving to his school. That's where she learned Terry, 10, had been put on a bus just after 8 p.m. And while the district closed schools Thursday and Friday to resolve the issue, Bussey remains doubtful.

"How long is this going to go on? How long are they going to have to stay home? Are you going to have this figured out by Monday? No! No, you맥스카지노�re not," Bussey, a mother of four, said.

Multiple parents 비바카지노 Viva talked with said their kids rode the bus for hours. For some, it was so long they wet their pants. Derrick Watt's kids' stop is off Goldsmith Lane.

Watt said they arrived there sweaty and hungry after a three-hour ride.

"They didn't get home until 7:30. Logan, my son, the oldest kid, he was scared to death, didn't know if they was going to make it home," Watt said.

Watt said he is reluctant to put his kids back on the bus. The Lees say Christian has already told them he won't ride a bus again.

"He said, 'I'm done with school. I don맥스카지노�t want to do this no more. It's scary and I don맥스카지노�t want to do this no more,'" Chris Lee said.

While 비바카지노 Viva talked to about two dozen parents that experienced problems, JCPS has not yet commented on how many children were affected.

JCPS parents frustrated, terrified to put kids back on the bus

Some kids were on the bus for hours Wednesday night, trying to get home, while others were dropped off at the wrong stop in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

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