Transportation
William Montgomery, Interim
Transportation Administrator
Transportation Announcement Line:
858-5867
Office Phone: 858-3213
The Port Jervis City School District buses make two
runs a day, one for students in grades 7-12 and one for students in
grades K-6. In addition, we provide bus service for various
athletic and extracurricular events.
Changes to assigned bus route
One-time change
A parent who wants his or her child to take a different bus on a
particular day must send a note to the child's school office for
approval. For safety reasons, requests are not accepted by
phone.
Permanent changes
If a child's bus assignment needs to change permanently - when
his or her family moves to a new home, for instance, - the
child's school office should be notified far in advance.
Permanent bus change requests take at least three days to
process.
The school office will notify a child's parent(s) once the
change has been approved. Until the request is processed,
children will not be permitted to ride on a new bus route.
Students who walk to school are not permitted to ride buses.
Childcare providers/Babysitters
Special arrangements can be made with the Transportation
Department to have your child picked up or dropped off from a
childcare provider. In accordance with school district policies,
the arrangements must be made for five days per week. No more
than three bus route changes will be processed within one school
year. To download a copy of the required request form,
click here.
Late buses
The school district offers a
late bus run for High School and Middle School students who
participate in eligible after-school activities. Students who
want to ride the late bus must receive permission in advance
from a building administrator. All late buses depart from the
High School at approximately 3:55 p.m. Middle School students
are transported to the High School at 3:30 p.m. The buses do not
make all regularly-assigned stops.
Middle School late bus schedule.
Transportation to Non-Public Schools
By law, all school districts in New York State must
provide transportation to students enrolled in non-public school
who live within a 15-mile radius of the school they attend. To
qualify, students in grades kindergarten through grade 8 must
live more than two miles from their school and students in
grades 9 to 12 must live more than three miles from their
school.
In order to obtain transportation for their children, parents
must file requests with the Port Jervis School District by April
1 of the preceding year or within 30 days of moving to the
district. To download a copy of the required form,
click here.
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