School Start Times Changed
MNPS has announced new start times for almost all of the district’s middle and high schools. The start times will take effect August 11, 2008, the first official day of the 2008-09 school year. Elementary school start times will remain the same as last school year, with the school day beginning at 8 a.m. However, almost all middle and high schools will have new start times, with accommodating bus routes. For the 2008-2009 school year, most middle schools will begin 10 minutes later than previous school years at 8:55 a.m., while most high schools will start 10 minutes earlier than previous school years at 7:05 a.m. Magnet schools, which do not receive bus transportation, are unaffected by the changes. The district believes these varied start times will assist drivers as they navigate through the heaviest parts of the morning rush hour and get students to school on time. For a complete list of schools and their start times, click here.
What School Does My Child Attend?
If you are new to the area, have recently moved, or your child is transitioning to a new grade, there are several tools to help you find out what school your child is zoned to attend. You can plug your address into an MNPS map that will show your child's zoned school, or you can call the Customer Service Center at 259-INFO (4636).
If you have questions about transportation services provided to and from your child's school, contact the MNPS Customer Service Center at 259-INFO (4636) for school bus transportation questions, Metro Transit Authority at (615) 562-5950 for inquiries about city bus routes and fares, or visit the district school transportation web page by clicking here.
MTA Bus Route Changes
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It has been too long since people have seen these numbers on gas station signs. Now it is more common to see gas at four dollars a gallon! Due to these extreme increases in prices over the past years, MTA board of directors has held several meetings and public hearings in May to discuss how to continue to provide bus and AccessRide transportation for Nashville citizens. The solution for MTA is to increase fares for riders and eliminate less used routes to avoid more severe cuts in transportation service. As of July 1st , bus fares have increased by twenty-five cents and AccessRide fares are fifty cents. Also, all Night Owl Service will be discontinued, but no reductions in service for people with disabilities.
Effective July 6th are new adjustments for 2- Belmont, 8- 8TH Avenue South, 6- Lebanon Rd, 14- Whites Creek, 17- 12TH Avenue South, 22- Bordeaux, 24X- Bellevue Express, 26- Gallatin Road, 28- Meridian, 35X-Rivergate Express, 44- MTA Shuttle routes, and 93- Music City Star West End Shuttle. The new adjustments for most routes have to do with arrival and departure times on school days only as well as changes for wider coverage by each route. Changes were made to these routes to compensate for the seven eliminated routes which include 13 Sylvan Park, 31X Harpeth Valley Express. 1 Vine Hill, 45X Oak Hill Express, 16 Madison/Old Hickory, 30 McFerrin, 37X Tusculum/McMurray Express, as well as reduction of a portion of 8TH Avenue South which were the lowest performing routes.
Flyers describing the specifics of the route changes were distributed at the Information Booth on the Downtown Transit Mall on Deadrick, the MTA Customer Care Office on Nestor St., the library on Church St., City Hall and other Nashville locations. New schedule changes are also posted at www.nashvillemta.com. All questions concerning this information can be answered by contacting MTA Customer Care at (615) 562-5950 between 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sundays.