HISD Transportation Changes: New Metro Partnership, Parent Requests, and 2025 Goals

HISD Transportation Overhaul

• 🚌 Houston ISD is implementing significant changes to its student transportation system for the upcoming school year.
• 🗓️ These changes aim to improve efficiency and offer new options, with a focus on reducing student bus ride times.

Metro Bus Partnership

• 🤝 A key initiative involves a partnership with Metro for high school students (grades 9-12).
• 📍 Eligible students living more than 2 miles from their zone school can utilize Metro bus stops, with HISD covering the Metro passes.
• ⚠️ Students with hazardous walking routes or magnet transfers to unzoned schools also qualify for bus transportation.

Parent-Driven Request Service

• 🗣️ HISD is launching a new parent-driven transportation request service.
• 💻 Parents will be able to communicate directly with the transportation department to make specific requests for their students.
• 🚀 This system is designed to streamline the process of assigning students to bus routes.

Goals for 2025-2026 School Year

• ⏱️ A primary goal for the 2025-2026 school year is to reduce student ride times.
• 📧 Parents are encouraged to watch for a survey coming via email the week of May 5th to make official transportation requests for the next academic year.