NEWS, EVENTS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ONGOING
Monday, April 13, 2015 9:48:00 PM
Parents to Improve School Transportation Update April 13, 2015
April is Autism Acceptance month, see http://autismacceptancemonth.org/
NEWS
Bids on 4000 NYC school bus routes will NOT occur the first week of May, they have been put off...
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News, Events, Disability Rights info
Saturday, April 04, 2015 2:03:00 PM
Contents: Busing News (5 items) , Events (12 items including tomorrow), Links to more Disability Rights information (5 items)
***BUSING NEWS***
1 of 5
Citywide Council on Special Education's recently released 2013-14 annual report has...
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Porter service update; new EPP bill; Parent talks with OPT; events
Saturday, April 04, 2015 2:01:00 PM
Porter service update--Parents and the parent coordinator at P 811 Q sounded the alarm last week when two families received calls saying that their respective children’s medical code for the school bus had been changed from ‘Carry kid’. They were...
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Fair 1/31; OPT-Parent encounter; New sped guides; Busing petition; Wrights Law on Bus training
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:57:00 PM
Jan 2015 Parents to Improve School Transportation UPDATE
Contents:
Happy MLK Day;
PIST@the Fair 1/31;
OPT-Parent encounter;
New service guides;
Busing petition & more;
Wrights Law on Bus workers' training;...
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Activism (3 items); upcoming DOE delegation; Community Events
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:56:00 PM
Parents to Improve School Transportation Update 11/16/14
Contents: Activism (3 items); upcoming DOE delegation; Community Events (9)
To see these items as we get them, and photos, ‘like’ our page PIST NYC on facebook.
Activism (3...
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BUSING NEWS; OTHER DISABILITY RIGHTS & EDUCATION ACTIVISM; MEDIA COVERAGE; OTHER
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:55:00 PM
Mid-October 2014 Update from Parents to Improve School Transportation
Contents: BUSING NEWS; OTHER DISABILITY RIGHTS & EDUCATION ACTIVISM; MEDIA COVERAGE; OTHER CHILD-FRIENDLY ACTIVISM; No attachments
BUSING NEWS (5 items)
1—The...
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Copy us on complaints; Reliant; Bus drills; Access in PR; etc.
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:48:00 PM
9/15/14
BELOW AND ATTACHED Please find a list of local events geared towards parents of students with IEPs and on behalf of public education in general.
FIRST SOME UPDATES (9 points)
1. To all the parents who have contacted...
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Your guide to complaining about bus problems!
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:47:00 PM
9/7/14
Welcome back to school on behalf of Parents to Improve School Transportation. Please find below
(1) when and how to complain;
(2) complaint emails & numbers by borough + citywide pre-K;
(3) other citywide advocates you should...
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Puerto Rico school closings, hot buses media, EPP news and more
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:45:00 PM
Parents to Improve School Transportation Update July 17, 2014
Contents:
1-Event Tomorrow-School closing crisis in PR;
2-Media on hot school buses;
3-EPP news (layoffs and status of Albany bill);
4-Parent Events;
5-our Boston...
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10 things we can do to make next year better for busing
Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:43:00 PM
6/9/14 PIST Update
What can we do to make next year better, not worse for busing? Please scan action points 6-10 even if you are not a school bus parent or grandparent.
For your own child and schoolmates:
1-You can call and find out ...
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