re: Kentucky school system closes after ‘transportation disaster’ leaves kids on buses

It sounds like the transportation department didn’t have the bus drivers practice their new routes by doing a dry run on a weekday without students, which is a standard practice in many school districts. If they had, the problems would have been evident before any kids were picked up. This level of incompetence is just inexcusable. I can’t imagine how they can expect the “engineering” firm who designed these routes to be competent to fix anything.

Also, I wonder how long the kids were actually on the buses. If any of them were on a bus from 3-10 PM, that is a long time to go without water, a snack, or a bathroom. I hope that isn’t how it happened. Inexcusable.