Transportation

St. Louis Public Schools has named Kacy Davis as its new head of transportation after the previous director, Toyin Akinola, retired in October. The district will implement a new policy to require all parents of current SLPS students to re-enroll their children for the next school year.

Metro Transit has hired 100 new bus drivers in the past year as it works to expand service and restore routes that were cut after the pandemic.

Proposition B would have allowed aldermen to increase budget line items without the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, a fiscal oversight board.

Leviticus McNeal is the new assistant director of transportation for St. Louis Public Schools. His hiring comes as the district cut ties with a transportation vendor who did not comply with safety standards.

St. Louis Public Schools’ acting Superintendent Millicent Borishade has inherited a long list of urgent issues to address. They include transportation concerns about vendor vans having expired license plates and other safety issues, student enrollment and district hiring practices.

District officials revised their transportation system earlier this week, providing yellow buses for nearly 1,000 additional students.

SLPS Chief Operations Officer Square Watson said they would meet with transportation vendors on Friday about safety protocols after several public complaints arose about vendors running red lights and kids arriving late to school.

Since classes resumed, there have been several public complaints about vendors running red lights, expired license plates and kids arriving late to school.

Hundreds of students in the Hazelwood School District were not enrolled in classes this school year. Parents say officials told them this week they must reregister their children, which left many frustrated. The district said it switched enrollment systems and is experiencing technical issues.

St. Louis Public Schools officials, as well as the Naidoo family, say they're managing transportation hiccups and other issues.