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Guilford County Schools to host transportation registration events this week

According to district officials, Guilford County Schools buses travel more than 40,000 miles daily. Some students ride over 90 minutes each way. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

According to district officials, Guilford County Schools buses travel more than 40,000 miles daily. Some students ride over 90 minutes each way. AMY DIAZ/WFDD

 

Guilford County Schools is hosting several in-person events this week to register students for transportation. 

The district is implementing changes to bussing next school year with a goal of improving efficiency. 

According to district officials, GCS buses travel more than 40,000 miles daily. Some students ride over 90 minutes each way.  Additionally, there were around 11,000 students registered for transportation last year who didn’t actually ride the bus. 

Because of those issues, district officials are making changes to bus routes and transportation service zones, and requiring students at certain schools to re-register. 

Students can register for transportation at events this week, or online through the end of May. 

Amy Diaz covers education for WFDD in partnership with Report For America. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.

Amy Diaz began covering education in North Carolina’s Piedmont region and High Country for WFDD in partnership with Report For America in 2022. Before entering the world of public radio, she worked as a local government reporter in Flint, Mich. where she was named the 2021 Rookie Writer of the Year by the Michigan Press Association. Diaz is originally from Florida, where she interned at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and freelanced for the Tampa Bay Times. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of South Florida, but truly got her start in the field in elementary school writing scripts for the morning news. You can follow her on Twitter at @amydiaze.

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