HOUSTON – As Houston ISD prepares to start school again on Monday, the district says around 700 students are still being assigned new bus stops and routes.
The district said they have so far assigned bus routes to over 17,000 students for the upcoming year.
For the remaining students who have not had routes assigned, the district said they have reached out to families to let them know that if they have not received their school bus route and stop information, they can call their campus or one of HISD’s transportation services help lines between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
“Any student who has not been assigned a route may get on a bus at any stop or route serving their campus. Drivers will pick students up and drop them off even if they are not assigned to a route or stop. The district expects all students to be assigned a permanent stop within 72 hours of their entry into the transportation assignment system,” the district said.
Families who need more information about their bus stop can call their campus or one of Houston ISD’s transportation services helplines for assistance between 4:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. at one of the numbers below, based on the first number of their route:
1 – Barnett Terminal: (713) 845-5022
2 – Butler Terminal: (713) 726-2100
3 – Central Terminal: (713) 676-9432
4 – Northwest Terminal: (713) 613-3049
Families can also call the Transportation Customer Service main phone number at (713) 556-5963.
On July 23, HISD announced they were making cuts to 85 bus routes to better accommodate students participating in the school choice program. These students attend a school they’re not zoned to, and HISD is one of the only districts in the region to transport them.