LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Every school day, yellow buses carry around 50,000 Jefferson County Public Schools students across town. Transportation is already one of the district’s most expensive operations, with budget documents showing busing costs topped $120 million this school year, including drivers, monitors, maintenance and contracts.
But the records show another cost, one approved in closed session by the school board.
After weeks of open records requests and back-and-forth emails, JCPS released documents showing more than 50 settlements approved by the board since 2024. And about $18 million of the nearly $20 million total stems from bus-related incidents…