Krista Johnson

1 week ago | courier-journal.com | Krista Johnson

Jefferson County Public Schools is implementing new bus routing software after a disastrous first day of school in 2023 caused by previous software. District officials insist the new software, combined with a centralized routing team, will improve transportation efficiency.

2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Krista Johnson

September marks 50 years since Jefferson County Public Schools began forced busing in an effort to desegregate classrooms. On Sept. 4, 1975, students across Louisville stepped aboard yellow school buses and changed the city's trajectory. The year before, a U.S. district judge had ordered the Louisville and Jefferson County school systems to merge in an effort to combat ongoing racial segregation.

2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Krista Johnson

Happy Tuesday! We have a JCPS board meeting tonight with a relatively uneventful agenda. There will be a discussion regarding potential start time changes, though I'm told no changes will be made ahead of next school year. This will be Superintendent Marty Pollio's second-to-last board meeting before he heads north and H. Brian Yearwood takes over. Yearwood is in town this week, a few board members told me, getting a lay of the land.

2 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Krista Johnson

JCPS board members selected Brian Yearwood as superintendent, despite surveys of teachers, principals and community members favoring Ben Shuldiner. Board members defended their decision, citing Yearwood's extensive public school experience and questioning the survey results. In the waning days of the months-long search for the new leader of Jefferson County Public Schools, stakeholders were vocal about their preferred candidate: Ben Shuldiner.

3 weeks ago | courier-journal.com | Krista Johnson

JCPS hired H. Brian Yearwood as its next superintendent with an annual salary of $350,000. That amount is the same outgoing Superintendent Marty Pollio began making in 2023, after five years in the position. School board members say Pollio's raise was in preparation for his successor. Kentucky's largest school system is weeks away from undergoing its first leadership change in years — though the salary for that position will remain the same. Jefferson County Public Schools officially hired H.