Parents, board members react to audit on JCPS bus issues [Video]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A special audit detailing what went wrong with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) transportation was released ahead of a major JCPS vote that will change the way the district will transport kids.

In a new report released Monday, an outside auditing company, called Prismatic Services, said JCPS didn’t have the technology to overhaul its bus systems in the summer of 2023, tried to rollout several major new initiatives at the same time without understanding how difficult it would be, and suffered from “sub-optimal” work from AlphaRoute, the company it hired to design the routes.

The report was titled “Phase 1” and solely focused on the first day of school and the circumstances that led up to it. A district spokesperson said he expects a …