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Louisville mom sued JCPS for cutting her son's bus. Now, she could face jail for not getting him to school.
https://www.lpm.org/investigate/2024-12-17/louisville-mom-sued-jcps-for-cutting-her-sons-bus-now-she-could-face-jail-for-not-getting-him-to-schoolThe family is at the nexus of multiple institutional pressures: A bus driver shortage and Jefferson County Public Schools’ decision to cut transportation in response; the district’s late-game facilities swap to address overcrowding; cuts to city transit, and the Jefferson County Attorney’s promise to prosecute parents under the state’s new truancy law.
The weight of it all meant Noah had to leave the school he’s attended since kindergarten: Whitney M. Young Elementary. Young is a magnet school in Louisville’s West End with small class sizes, a French-language program and teachers that were deeply invested in seeing Noah, a Pokemon-loving fifth grader with a behavioral disability, succeed.
Bell worked hard to keep Noah at Young. She filed a federal lawsuit. She forewent job opportunities and much needed income to spend hours a day on city transit getting Noah to and from school. In the end, the state’s new truancy law and the threat of jail forced her hand, and Bell transferred Noah to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, a half-mile from his home in the Shawnee neighborhood.
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Now, Bell doubts Noah will ever return to Young, and, starved of students like Noah, many are worried the west Louisville magnet may not be around much longer.
The weight of it all meant Noah had to leave the school he’s attended since kindergarten: Whitney M. Young Elementary. Young is a magnet school in Louisville’s West End with small class sizes, a French-language program and teachers that were deeply invested in seeing Noah, a Pokemon-loving fifth grader with a behavioral disability, succeed.
Bell worked hard to keep Noah at Young. She filed a federal lawsuit. She forewent job opportunities and much needed income to spend hours a day on city transit getting Noah to and from school. In the end, the state’s new truancy law and the threat of jail forced her hand, and Bell transferred Noah to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, a half-mile from his home in the Shawnee neighborhood.
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Now, Bell doubts Noah will ever return to Young, and, starved of students like Noah, many are worried the west Louisville magnet may not be around much longer.