Transportation Information
CMS BUS TRANSPORTATION
Please visit the CMS Transportation Website for more information or to register a student for bus transportation.
For more information please visit:
Please email Transportation@cms.k12.nc.us with any questions. All requests take 3 to 5 business days to complete once submitted.
Same Day Transportation Change
When possible, transportation changes should be submitted to the teacher directly via a written note. Use the form below only for last minute transportation changes for TODAY when the teacher cannot be contacted. Otherwise, the front office staff is overwhelmed with the volume of notices. Please submit changes by 1:30 PM.
You will receive an automated email that your change has been submitted and then a personal confirmation from the school office that your change has been received by office staff. DO NOT consider your transportation change confirmed until you have received personal acknowledgment from the school office.
Please Note: Children are only allowed to ride home on their assigned CMS buses. Children may not ride home on buses that they are not assigned to by the CMS transportation office.
Carpool and Dismissal Procedures
What is the morning carpool procedure?
Morning carpool starts at 7:30 am.
You do not get out of your car. For safety reasons, students MUST be able to get out on the passenger side of the car. Students are late if they are not in school by 8:00 am. (The first few weeks of school, we realize this might take a little longer.) We look for the LAST car in the line when the bell rings. If you are not in the line when the bell rings, you are marked late and will need to come into the school to sign the tardy card.
What is the afternoon carpool procedure?
Afternoon carpool starts at 3:00 pm.
Carpool signs are REQUIRED for pick up. Place the blue (K-5), with your child’s name on it, in your front passenger window. Signs can be obtained in the front office or from your child’s teacher. You do not get out of your car. For safety reasons, students MUST be able to get in on the passenger side of the car. You CANNOT park and walk in to get your child. If you are not in the carpool line at 3:00 and the carpool is finished, you are considered late and will need to park and come into the office to sign your child out. After three late pick-ups you will be required to have your child ride a bus in the afternoon.
What is the walker procedure?
In the morning, if you walk your child to school, please use the sidewalks and crosswalks. To pick up in the afternoon, walker cards are REQUIRED. These cards can be obtained in the front office or from your child’s teacher.. Students must be picked up NO LATER than 3:00 pm. Carpool
Independent Walkers Policy
Independent Walkers are released independently via the Walker Door at 3:00pm. Parents of Independent Walkers must give the school permission to release their child, via this google form. THIS OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-5. See below for 2nd graders’ exceptions. The school is not responsible for students once they step off school property. No crossing guards can escort children across streets. Please contact the school with any questions.
K-1 students are NOT PERMITTED TO BE INDEPENDENT WALKERS. Parents of K-1 walkers must pick up their child at the Walker Door at 3pm. Parents must present their Walker Card to a school representative at dismissal to retrieve their child. Walker Cards can be obtained from your child’s teacher and/or the front office.
2nd grade students with a sibling in Grades 3-5 are eligible for Independent Walker status. Parents who would like to allow their 2nd grade student to walk home independently with their older sibling(s) must complete the Independent Walker Google Form that can be obtained from your child’s teacher at the beginning of the year. Independent walkers will be given a walker pass once form is completed to identify to staff that the student is an independent walker.
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