Could JCPS be delayed until November?

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jefferson County Public Schools leadership told a federal judge Friday that if a temporary restraining order is granted in a civil rights lawsuit opposing the district’s new busing plan, school may not start until November.

However, Superintendent Marty Pollio said it’s taken the better part of three months to lock in the district’s bus routing plan for the new school year, and he said it’d be a “major lift” to have to redo it all. However, he told reporters outside the downtown Louisville courthouse that he still believes the school year will start on time as a judge weighs the legality of the new transportation plan.

“There’s no doubt we’re starting school next week,” Pollio said. “I feel confident from today’s hearing that we’ll be in good shape.”

Friday’s hearing stems a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed June 20 by two JCPS parents who said their kids, who are set to attend Male High School, Central High School and Whitney Young Elementary School in August, may now have to enroll in less desirable neighborhood schools due to a lack of bus service.

The lawsuit claims the district’s bus plan, passed in April, has a disproportionately negative effect on students of color and violates their civil rights.

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