Budget Cuts Effect School Bus Service

Due to budget cuts, both at the state and local levels, the Mobile County Public School System’s Transportation Department must eliminate transportation for special programs.

Students who are on transfer to schools for special instructional programs such as EPIC / IB / CIS / HCAP, etc. will no longer receive bus transportation provided by the school system.

Students attending Clark, Dunbar, and Phillips Magnet schools will continue to receive bus transportation. However, these routes will be changed to improve cost efficiency for the 2008-09 school year. Route information will be available after August 1st.

Saraland City Public School System students who plan to continue at the magnet school they are currently attending will not be provided transportation.

New federal regulations no longer allow minority to majority / majority to minority transfers. Therefore, students currently on minority to majority / majority to minority transfers will not be provided transportation beginning with the 2008-09 school year. If continuation transfers are approved for next school year, all current minority to majority / majority to minority transfers will be coded as hardship.

School Choice transportation will be provided from the sending school to the receiving school, i.e., students who are zoned for Gilliard Elementary School and are on a School Choice Transfer to another elementary school will be picked up and returned to Gilliard Elementary. It is the parent/guardian’s responsibility to ensure that the student is at the site of pick-up on time to board the bus that will transport the student to the school to which the student is enrolled.

If you have questions regarding transportation, please call the Transportation Department at 251.221.5260. If you have questions regarding transfers, please call Student Support Services at 251.221.4256.