Transportation:

On April 28th, the Board of Education reinstated Magnet School Transportation! learn more (Major agenda item: G.03)

Budget Crisis Eliminates Magnet School Transportation for 2009/10. Transportation for the 2008/09 school year will continue.

The district generally provides free transportation for students who attend Magnet programs outside their neighborhood school boundary and have a walking distance exceeding two miles. (Note: Secondary students must have a walking distance exceeding 2.5 miles.) Transportation may not be provided to elementary/secondary students attending a magnet school within their resident middle school/high school feeder pattern. Transportation is available on the first day of school for students who have enrolled prior to July for the school year starting in September.

The Transportation Department works to assist schools in meeting their transportation needs. But the rule of eight applies to all Magnet programs. This means that at least eight students from an area must be riding on that route. A new route is not developed to meet the needs of an individual child.