Transportation
Transportation Overview
The buses are provided by the Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT).
Information on bus routing is posted on your child’s New York City Schools Account. (NYCSA)
If busing issues arise and you need to file a complaint you may, and should call OPT Hotline at (718) 392-8855. Be sure to get a complaint number!
You can report a problem through their website: Transportation
Waiting for the Bus
At your discretion, an adult should wait with the child until the bus arrives. An adult must be at the bus stop in the afternoon to meet the child unless you have completed an optional drop-off request form with the bus driver.(Titled: Emergency Contact Card) This form must be completed every year AND for the Summer Program.
*If your child has a 1:1 Transportation Para, a parent/guardian must be with the child until they enter the bus.
Afternoon Drop-Off Form
Parents who want their child to be dropped off at a different place than where he/she is picked up must fill out a separate “drop-off” form. Contact Pupil Accounting Secretary, Barbara Anne McEvoy
Every year, a new form must be completed and notarized/faxed in June, for the Summer Program and then again, in August for following school year. You can access the form here: Afternoon Drop-Off Form
In accordance with Chancellor’s Regulation A-801 (see below for regulation with translations) , the DOE provides transportation to all eligible New York City students in public, charter, and non-public schools. In partnership with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)(Open external link) and our school age and preschool bus companies, our mission is to ensure safe and reliable transportation to and from school.
See Transportation Rights for what you and your child can expect from DOE transportation services.
You can print out the Transportation Overview for Families(Open external link), available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu.
