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References:	a. DoDEA Memorandum-Student Transportation Walking Distance
	b. DoD 4500.36R - C6 - Chapter 6 Transportation of Dependent School Children

GENERAL TRANSPORTATION

The Fort Bragg Schools shall provide bus transportation to students enrolled in Pre-K through grade 6 who reside more than one mile from the school property line and to all students required to walk to school on routes officially designated as hazardous.

HAZARDOUS ROUTES

1.	Pre-K through 4th grade students walking from Bastogne Gables Housing to Bowley School are considered too young and immature to successfully cope with the degree of traffic and shall be transported.
2.	All students residing in Bataan Housing area are eligible for transportation because of hazardous walking routes to school.
3.	Pre-K through 4th grade students living in Normandy Housing area.
4.	Pre-K through 4th grade students living on Maynard and Ethridge Streets on Pope Air Force Base.

AREAS/GRADES FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION

Pre-K through 4th grade students residing in the following areas shall be eligible for bus transportation:

BOWLEY SCHOOL:

1.	All pre-K through 4th grade students assigned from Bastogne Gables and Normandy Heights.

DEVERS SCHOOL:

1.	All pre-K through 4th grade students assigned from Nimegan.
2.	All pre-K through 4th grade students assigned from Bataan Housing area.
3.	All pre-K through 4th grade students assigned from Biazza Ridge South area.

MCNAIR SCHOOL:

1.	All pre-K through 4th grade students assigned from Biazza Ridge North area.

POPE SCHOOL:

1.	All pre-K through 4th grade students living on Maynard and Ethridge Streets.

GRADES 7-9:

Students in Grades 7-9 who reside more than one and one-half miles from the school property line and to all students required to walk to school on routes officially designated as hazardous, shall be eligible for transportation.

TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED TO STUDENTS RESIDING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IRWIN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (GRADES 5-6):

1.	All housing areas EXCEPT Corregidor and Bougainville.

ALBRITTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL (GRADES 7, 8, 9):

1.	All housing areas EXCEPT Hammond Hills
2.	Students from the following addresses WILL BE transported:
	•	Salerno
	•	Maas, Quarters 1-9, 26, 28, 30, 31, 33-57
	•	Essen, Quarters 1-12, 14, 16
	•	Luzon, Quarters 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62

SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS

School children may be allowed to board and depart the school bus, on a regular basis at any point designated as a bus stop on the regular route, provided the parents submit a written request to the Principal at least five (5) days prior to the commencement of the bus service. The request shall be in accordance with the following conditions:

1.	Pick-up and discharge points should be the same each day.
2.	Discharge point location need not be the same as the pickup location.


April 17, 2007