Do any WOTP schools have a bus service if you live EOTP?

[Anonymous]

Also, these are not traditional yellow school buses but obviously some kind of chartered bus/ van that the parents are paying for.

[Anonymous]

The reality is that DC pays lip service to a neighborhood based school system, but in reality mostly operates a city-wide lottery school system. So it should accept reality and establish a system of buses to take students from where they live to the schools they want to attend, which are mostly in NW.

[Anonymous]

or you could move to NW if you want your kid to attend school there.

[Anonymous]

What makes you think she is NOT in NW, PP? EOTP does not mean NE, SE, or SW. It means EOTP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, these are not traditional yellow school buses but obviously some kind of chartered bus/ van that the parents are paying for.

A bus like that used to go to Hearst (my child is older now so I'm not sure if it is still in use). I assumed it was arranged by parents.

[Anonymous]

There are 2 cases in which DCPS provides transportation:

1) Children with special needs may be provided transportation to attend schools that serve their needs.

2) Children whose IB school is considered "failing" and get into another school OOB may qualify for transportation as part of No Child Left Behind provisions.

You would have to speak with the school and/or DCPS to determine what services you qualify for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also, these are not traditional yellow school buses but obviously some kind of chartered bus/ van that the parents are paying for.

A bus like that used to go to Hearst (my child is older now so I'm not sure if it is still in use). I assumed it was arranged by parents.[/quote]

No. DCPS contracts with bus companies that may not look like traditional yellow school buses. But these are indeed DCPS buses. There are no parent-arranges buses at Hearst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, these are not traditional yellow school buses but obviously some kind of chartered bus/ van that the parents are paying for.

DCPS contracts with bus companies that do not always use yellow school buses.

[Anonymous]

That bus could be for the afterschool program at Jeleff. The only buses that run across the park are for Wilson and Deal. Not elementary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are 2 cases in which DCPS provides transportation:

1) Children with special needs may be provided transportation to attend schools that serve their needs.

2) Children whose IB school is considered "failing" and get into another school OOB may qualify for transportation as part of No Child Left Behind provisions.

You would have to speak with the school and/or DCPS to determine what services you qualify for.

I believe this poster is correct. However, since the District opted out of NCLB (and the federal gov't was paying for this transportation), my understanding is that the city agreed to pick up the cost for the buses for those kids that were already in the program (not incoming or new students who qualified). From what I was told, this program is being phased out. To my knowledge, there are no parent groups paying for charter buses going to WOTP DCPS schools. The buses most of you are referring to are these NCLB city funded buses. If someone else has more knowledge of this, please correct and clarify me.