Columbus City Schools administrators warned Tuesday that there may be busing problems at the beginning of the coming school year, with the district having only three-fourths of its goal of bus drivers.
The meeting Tuesday was the Columbus City school board’s first after a July recess, and administrators across various departments shared updates on the district’s preparedness for the upcoming 2024-25 school year, which begins Wednesday, Aug. 21 for most students .
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Maurice Woods, CCS chief operating officer, warned families should expect to see some late buses in the first several weeks of school because he wanted to “manage expectations.”
“We just try to ensure that we’re managing our communication and asking the public to just understand that there’s going to be some late buses the first couple of weeks, and to work with us and provide some level of grace,” Woods said.