Contents: Advice & links
Friday, October 18, 2019 4:10:00 PM
To add or enhance special education busing on the IEP
The rules say this takes 30 days maximum, but first you have to show the Office of School Health documents with details about how the child’s specific medical diagnoses impact the way the...
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OPT email reminders
Posted by Sara
Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:21:00 PM
4. OPT email - If you have been using our earlier advice for route complaints, this is to remind you of some changes:
Borough directors Frank Jackson & James Campbell retired;
Uri Fraenkel <UFraenkel@schools.nyc.gov> is now the...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019 8:36:00 AM
Contents of this Update from Parents to Improve School Transportation
1. Oct 5 Bronx workshop/Talleres el 5 de oct en el Bronx
2. Sep 20 Climate strike
3. School bus news (GPS; other problems; Parent/Driver unity)
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PIST &...
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Parade, Workshop, Advice, Headlines
Posted by Sara
Thursday, September 05, 2019 9:04:00 AM
School Bus News - Parade, Workshop, Advice, Headlines
[La misma informacion en espanol estara al enlace http://www.pistnyc.org/noticias-de-la-guagua-escolar-septiembre-de-2019.aspx]
Parade Saturday Sep 7 March with us in Manhattan! PIST...
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Desfile, Taller, Consejo, En la Prensa
Posted by Sara
Thursday, September 05, 2019 8:58:00 AM
Sept. 2019 Noticias del Autobús Escolar - Desfile, Taller, Consejos, Titulares [La misma información en ingles estara al enlace http://www.pistnyc.org/sept-2019-school-bus-news.aspx]
¡Desfile el sábado 7 de septiembre con nosotros en Manhattan!...
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Safety for the children, justice for the workers
Thursday, November 01, 2018 6:30:00 PM
Prevent a strike and further loss of dedicated school bus drivers, attendants and matrons--which happens when wages are driven to the bottom for the sake of the owners' bank accounts.
Call the 3 school bus owners who are in talks...
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Includes links to media coverage
Monday, October 22, 2018 7:52:00 PM
Report on 10/16 Rally & Hearing re OPT
Rally
A diverse and lively group showed up to chant on the steps of 52 Chambers Street. There were school bus parents from every borough and parent leaders from CCHS, District 75, PIST, also a...
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Friday, October 19, 2018 7:36:00 AM
Parents to Improve School Transportation (PIST NYC) Testimony
City Council oversight hearing on busing policy bills - October 16, 2018
The Disability Rights movement says “Nothing about us without us.” We hope you continue to seek input...
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Oct 16 outside Tweed before City Council hearings on OPT
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 7:02:00 AM
On Tuesday October 16, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. the Education Committee of the New York City Council is holding an oversight hearing to address some of the inadequacies of the current system of school busing under the NYCDOE's Office of Pupil...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 6:58:00 AM
Parents to Improve School Transportation (PIST NYC)
Statement on the Current Busing Crisis
We in PIST NYC have been saying for eight years that school transportation is run by the wrong people. The fact that the Chancellor has denounced...
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