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Episode: Louisville parents outraged after bus route snarl that canceled classes
Description: An overly ambitious redesign of bus routes for Louisville's school district turned into a logistical meltdown on the first day of classes, forcing schools to close.
Administrators said that students may have to stay home until the mess is untangled.
Parents were fuming and state politicians demanded answers after some of the district's 96,000 students didn't get picked up for school in the morning or got home hours late, with some arriving after dark.
Beau Kilpatrick has five kids attending schools in the district but said the only major transportation problems were with his elementary-school-aged children, two girls in the first...