The largest school system in Kentucky closed schools Thursday and Friday following what the superintendent called a “transportation disaster” that left some children on buses until just before 10 p.m. Wednesday, the first day of school.

  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s so sad that red states create these policies just to undermine their own population. All this will do is create brain drain. If you’re a bus driver or teacher in Kentucky you can make way more money in blue states. Why stay? I know you love your community, but they don’t love you.

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      1 year ago

      I believe they gave a consulting firm $200k to come up with the plan that failed. They tried to get away with fewer busses and drivers because they didn’t raise wages enough.

      They literally tried everything except paying drivers what they need. Now they’re fucked.

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        1 year ago

        They could pay me half the amount they paid the consulting firm and I’m sure I’d figure out how to get kids home before 10pm

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      1 year ago

      Bullshit. I’m in a blue state and there are so few drivers that the busses alternate routes weekly… Every other week there’s no bus for a route. Parents are stuck driving their kids to school and picking them up.

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      1 year ago

      Seems like it! I will never understand why school districts try to cheap out on bus drivers and teacher pay. Personally i will pay the high taxes if it means the people taking care of my kids a majority of the day are fat and happy. You get what you pay for.

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        1 year ago

        Because they want to destroy public education. Their ideal future is one in which only the rich are educated in private schools while the poor are forced into the workforce as soon as they’re physically able. Dumb voters are easier to manipulate.

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      1 year ago

      Anti privatization, re centralization, and stop defunding of school is the only thing that needs to happen.