The Marshall bus program, considered a San Diego Unified neighborhood route, will not resume during county Covid restrictions.  The program will be re evaluated for service when Covid restrictions are lifted.

Marshall Middle School Bus Open Registration (May 4th-25th)

Registration is currently open for all families with students who will be attending Marshall Middle School next year and reside in the San Diego Unified school district.

Priority registration will be given to the following:

1) Returning Riders - Students who were assigned a seat from the previous year, and who will be attending Marshall Middle School in the fall, will have priority over new riders providing their account with the San Diego Unified School District transportation department is paid in full by the last day of registration. Returning Riders must submit an online registration form within the registration window each year to continue service.

2) Siblings of Returning Riders - Siblings of Returning Riders that will be attending Marshall Middle School in the fall will also have priority over new registrants. However, both siblings must be Marshall Middle School students at the same time in order to reserve a seat for the sibling, otherwise the incoming MMS student will be subject to the lottery system. Siblings must be registered on the same online form as the Returning Rider via the registration process.

You will only be able to register for 1 bus route. If more registrations are received for a given route than bus seats available, a lottery will be used to determine who will make it on the bus and the order for the waiting list.  Details for the lottery (scheduled for June 2nd) will be emailed to all families once registration is closed.

To assist families in selecting which route to register for, the following preregistration numbers provide approximate available seats open for each route:

Dingeman 1: 29

Dingeman 2: 13

Swan Lake: 25

EBS: 31

Please proceed to register at the following:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aMpFIvuXN_tPtcqHBsrppc91SCfX4E31iuXVqPFNqjs/viewform?ts=5e62f889&edit_requested=true

The MMS Bus Committee was able to conduct a virtual meeting last week to determine the best way forward for bus seat sign-ups for next school year.  We are moving back the registration to May to allow families time to adjust to online schooling.  Registration for the 2020 - 2021 school year is now set for May 4th - May 25th. Flyers will be sent to the schools this week for distribution to the families concerning signups.  If you would like to receive a personal email for next year signups, please send your request to mmsbus@outlook.com.

We had originally planned to begin signups for returning students and their siblings starting today (March 4th), however this is being delayed a few days as we are in the process of moving signups to a new platform.  We anticipate this will be complete within the next few days. We will email all current families with the signup link as soon as it's ready. This will still allow over 3 weeks for returning families to pre-register returning riders and siblings.

Scripps Ranch Bus Committee 

MONTHLY MEETING

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 6:30pm.
Scripps Ranch Library – Seminar Room
10301 Scripps Lake Drive, San Diego, CA 92131

Scripps Ranch Bus Committee
MONTHLY MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 6:30pm.
Scripps Ranch Library – Seminar Room
10301 Scripps Lake Drive, San Diego, CA 92131
https://srbuscommittee.blogspot.com/

I. Welcome!
   a. Call to order: 6:33- Dane
   b. Roll Call: Dane, Pauline, Cecily, Sunil
   c. Modifications to Agenda: None
II. Approval of Minutes: October 22, 2019 Monthly Meeting Agenda: Pauline, 2nd by Dane
III. Discussion Items/Presentations:
   a. Seat Vacancies: Trying to fill a seat on EBS bus. All other routes are full.
   b. Waiting List Update: Have made it through waiting lists for Dingeman I and EBS bus routes
   c. Electronic signups for bus- can we use the same form site as next year? Dane will check with Gail.

   d. Determine future meeting dates

      i. Review bylaws: Check to see if this is only done every other year

      ii. Elections
          1. Any known resignations? President and Secretary
   e. Other important dates
      i. Enrollment:
         1. Current riders (March 4th – April 1st)
         2. Open to all (April 8th – 30th)
      ii. MMS Parent Orientation Mtg: Dane and Pauline will go
      iii. Lottery: May 6th
   f. Any other issues/complaints/suggestions to report by board members?
IV. Action Items:
V. Non-Agenda Public Comment / Open Discussion.
   a. Lessons Learned: Large bus capacity required for all routes
   b. Suggest for next year to create email addresses for each bus route rather than all correspondence done by secretary through main email
   c. Check with Linda on who is current with accounts
      i. People who register who have not paid in full for this year’s bus will receive notification they need to pay in full by April 30th.
VI. Adjournment. 7:37 pm


Future Meeting Dates:
Feb 25th
March 24th (Elections)
April 28th

UPCOMING BUS MEETING
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 6:30pm.
Scripps Ranch Library – Seminar Room
10301 Scripps Lake Drive, San Diego, CA 92131