Welcome to the Transportation
Homepage
First Student Inc and
its subcontractor Curtis Transportation and Petermann will be
providing transportation services for our students this year. If
you have any questions or concerns during the school year, please
feel free to call us at 252-0900. We may also be contacted
by E-Mailing transdept@seattleschools.org.
Our hours are 7:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
New proposed
times
At
the March 18 School Board meeting, School Board Directors voted to
approve new transportation service standards for the District. The
new transportation service standards will take effect September
2009. These changes may impact your family.
Following the March 18
vote, we received additional feedback about these changes from
families, principals, and staff. Based on that feedback we will
propose a revised schedule that will move up start times for all
schools by 10-15 minutes. Making these start/end time changes will
ensure that all elementary students are picked up and dropped off
during Civil Twilight Hours (the period of time when there is
enough ambient light from the sun to carry on outdoor activities).
We are working to finalize proposed times and detailed information
for each school.
The
changes in transportation service standards will reduce ride times
for many students, provide more consistency and reliability in
schedules, and improve consistency of drivers on each route. These
changes mean that Seattle Public Schools will transport the same
number of students with 49 fewer buses, saving fuel and reducing
the District’s carbon footprint, while also maximizing
operational efficiency and reducing transportation costs by $2.2
million.
View proposed
times
Next
Steps
A
motion for the proposed earlier school start times will be
introduced to the School Board at its Wednesday, May 20 meeting and
they will vote on the motion June 3. New school start/end times
will be effective September 2009.
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