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Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is a public school district located in Jefferson County,...

Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is a public school district located in Jefferson County, Kentucky. JCPS has more than 97,000 students attending 150 schools, making it the 28th largest school district in the United States. The school district employs more than 18,000 personnel, located in the schools and in a number of other facilities, including office buildings, bus compounds and workshops. With a fleet of more than 1,500 vehicles, it also operates one of the 10 largest transportation systems in the nation. The JCPS is administered by an elected seven-member Board of Education, responsible for administering a $890 million budget (2006-2007 projection). It additionally selects and hires a Superintendent to act as the chief executive. The current Superintendent is Dr. Sheldon Berman, hired in 2007. Berman was previously superintendent of Hudson Public Schools in Massachusetts. The Board of Education hired him in a controversial search process that ended on April 6, 2007. Berman was selected as one of three finalists in a search managed by a third-party consultant. Before the finalists' names were announced, one of the finalists dropped out. A second finalist dropped out