LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Parents and students say the new bus routes for Jefferson County Public Schools are a disaster. The district closed its schools Thursday and Friday to fix the errors in the transportation system. 

What You Need To Know

  •  Jefferson County Public Schools are closed Thursday and Friday to fix transportation errors 

  •  Brayden Tapp was dropped off miles from his home and given the wrong bus pass 

  •  Superintendent Marty Pollio says he hopes to solve the problems over the next four days

An 11-year-old Westport Middle School student was even dropped off miles from his home. 

Bradyen Tapp had the day off from school, so JCPS can fix the transportation issue. He spent his day off helping his dad landscaping with his dad. 

“Yes, I was very scared. On the way home, I was confused. I was just flabbergasted,” Tapp, a 6th grader at Westport Middle School, said. 

Brayden was supposed to be home at 4:25 p.m. from his first day but didn’t get home until after 5:10 p.m. because he says he was told to get on the wrong bus.

“Halfway through the day maybe fourth or fifth period I got my wristband that gave me the wrong bus number and it had my name on it, it was blue, so I trusted the school that they gave me the right wristband because I didn’t think they would have messed it up,” he said. 

Brayden said he got on the bus and told the driver his stop and his driver said he knew where to go

“Where he dropped me off was between three and five miles from my house,” he said. 

His dad, David, said Brayden texted him where he was and he picked him up.

“I was terrified. I was terrified. He was crying, I was crying. He had a migraine when he came home,” David said. 

The 11-year-old’s father said he tried to call the school to figure out what happened and nobody took his call.

“Nobody answered the phone. I called twice and I end up leaving a message. It wasn’t a nice message by any means. Nobody would leave a message that’s nice after your son was dropped off three miles from your home. it’s ridiculous,” said David. 

David is unsure if he is going to be putting his son back on the bus on Monday.

“I hope they get it together though you know kids got to go to school, so hopefully everything works out,” he said. 

Brayden is not as excited to get back into the classroom. 

Superintendent Marty Pollio released a video on Thursday morning apologizing for the transportation disaster. He says he hopes they can solve the issues over the next four days.

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