The Jerome School District has announced changes to bus routes after classes were canceled for two days, due to “issues with our bus fleet” during afternoon routes.
In a Facebook post on Wednesday, officials said that several repairs and operational adjustments were needed to ensure student safety.
The district says the bus routing system was newly designed, and in an update issued on Thursday, the district identified “several key factors” that contributed to Wednesday’s route issues.
What went wrong?
One contributor was a surge in student ridership, which pushed the district’s capabilities, “to their maximum at startup.” The district says it transported about 950 students last year, jumping up to around 1,300 this school year…