as state committee looking at ways to overhaul Jefferson County Public Schools met for the final time this year.

That committee will release a report of findings and legislative recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1st.

We are here only to make Jefferson County public Schools the best they can be.

If you think they're failing, we want to make them successful.

If you think they're great, we want to make them the greatest.

So anything about splitting the district or not splitting the district is something that may be recommended or not, but that is not the intent of the task force.

And I'm going to tell you right now, the number one recommendation is to continue this task force into next year, because I don't want we don't want to implement a plan without having the knowledge of how to implement that just because it's a good idea.

This year, the committee pored over student performance and demographics data.

It heard a scathing audit of the district's transportation debacle from last year, and it gathered input from Jefferson County residents.

Many who questioned the intent of the state formed a task force.

Two Republican state lawmakers lead the committee, one from Bullitt County, another from northern Kentucky.

Other members include CPS educators, a parent of the district, a local council member, and the operator of a private Christian school in the county.