Parents must create an account to sign-up to receive bus assignment information, as well as locate and track the school bus.
Here Comes The Bus (HCTB)
Students enrolled in GCS are assigned to schools in one of four ways:
The 2022-23 Request for Reassignment window is open from May ????- July ????, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
The 2022-23 Request for Reassignment window is open from May 1st - July 1st, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Transportation requests received on or before the deadline will be processed to begin on
the 1st day of summer school.
To ensure transportation for the 1st day of school, transportation requests must be submitted by
July 1st
Once the student has been assigned to a bus, parents can access this link to receive the student's current bus information. Student ID number and last name are required.
Bus Stop Locator -
All Guilford County Schools students must reside with a parent or court-appointed legal guardian who is a district resident. Parents of students new to the district will need to upload the following documents in Schoolmint or bring them to their school's registration office, regardless of the student's grade level (including kindergarten):
True
Students will not be reassigned to schools that are identified as already exceeding core facility capacity or where appropriate class size will be jeopardized. Applications to these schools will likely be
denied!
Transportation requests received after the deadline will be processed to begin Tuesday, June
21st
Requests made after July 1, 2022 will be processed after the 15th day of school in the order received. Bus routes are not changed for the first ???? days of school.
15 days
Families with traditional and/or magnet students may request transportation by completing the
Transportation Preference Form.
Students whose domicile changes from one school attendance area to another within the district during the same school year may choose to complete that school year in the same school or attend school in the area to which they have moved
True
If your student is currently attending school on an approved reassignment, the reassignment remains active until the student reaches his/her final grade at the assigned school (5th, 8th, & 12th). You DO NOT have to submit a ***** for your student to remain at their current school for the 2022-23 school year.
new reassignment request
True or False: Morning and afternoon transportation will be provided within the student's home school attendance zone or the reassigned summer site.
True
If a student is assigned to a bus route and does not ride for ???? consecutive days, the student will be removed from the bus route through the De-assignment Process.
20 days
Once the student has been assigned to a bus, parents can log in to ***** and see bus assignment information.
PowerSchool Parent Portal
If families elect to remain in the first school in order to complete that year, the student shall be required to attend the school according to the area in which they live at the beginning of the next school year. Students who elect to remain in the first school shall be responsible for their own transportation to and from school
True
If the reassignment request is received between May 1-July 1 and is denied, the applicant may request an appeal to a Board of Education panel using the link in their denial message. This request must be received within***** after receiving notice of the denial.
five (5) days
Bus information will be available to families on Friday, June 10th if their transportation request was received before the May ???? what date
24th
To sign-up for a HCTB account, parents will need an active email address, the GCS school code (??????) and the student ID number.
87491
This site is designed to assist you in finding out what the school 2021-22 assignments are for a specific address.
2021-22 School Assignment Locator
Home school students that are in grades 9-12 may be eligible to enroll part-time (2 classes a day for block schools, 3 classes a day for traditional schools) and participate in athletics and other extracurricular activities. Contact the Student Assignment Office at 336-370-8303 for assistance with enrolling in your zoned school on a part-time basis
True
The deadline to request transportation for summer school was Tuesday, May
24th
Bus information will be available to families on Friday, June 17th if their transportation request was received after the May
24th
Our Transportation Department is committed to providing safe, on-time bus transport to all our eligible students, every day. And it's a big job - with more than 32,000 students boarding our yellow buses every day. Our 480 buses drive more than ??????**** (how many miles) miles a day, with friendly, skilled drivers greeting each child with a smile.
47,000 miles a day