Chartered buses serving Hillcrest/Anacostia, Glover Park, Tenleytown, and Eastern Market are provided for the 2024-2025 school year.

Standard morning pick-up times are as follows:

• Hillcrest/Anacostia – Pick-up at 7:00 a.m. in the parking lot of the Lidl shopping center near Good Hope Road, Alabama Avenue, and Naylor Road, SE
• Eastern Market – Pick-up at 7:20 am on North Carolina and 7^th, SE (2 buses originating at Eastern Market; one bus coming from Hillcrest/Anacostia)
• Glover Park – Pick-up at 7:25 at the Guy Mason Recreation Center Parking Lot
• Tenleytown – Pick-up at 7:35 a.m. on 40^th behind Whole Foods, bus coming from Glover Park

Return buses will depart for all locations shortly after the end of school. Tenleytown riders please note that the afternoon drop-off is on Yuma near Wisconsin Ave.; other buses drop off at the same location as the morning pick-up. 

Bus service is free for families who qualify for Free and Reduced Meals.  Other families may pay by the season or for the full year.

• FALL – August 22 through November 1 (50 days round trip x $16/day) $800
• WINTER – November 4 through February 28 (64 days round trip x $16/day) $1,024
• SPRING – March 1 through June 13 (66 days round trip x $16/day) $1,056 OR
• ALL YEAR – August 22 through June 13 - $2,736 (5% discount for payment in full at start of year) – by 8/31/24. Families may instead elect to pay $288 monthly for 10 months (August to May) by setting up automatic payments from a credit or debit card. 

Half-time or Occasional Use

Parents may enroll their children for half-time bus service (e.g. mornings only, afternoons only, etc.) for half price, payable either all at once at the start of the year or in three installments as shown above.  Parents wanting to have their child ride the bus only occasionally pay $16/day round-trip. Occasional use will be carefully monitored and should sporadic use become regular use, families will be expected to pay the seasonal rate in full.

Late Bus

For students involved in after-school activities, we will provide return transportation at 5:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesdays to all locations except Glover Park.  Students signed up to use our Glover Park bus may use the Tenleytown route instead and connect to Southbound Metrobuses on Wisconsin Avenue.  There is no late bus on Fridays.

REGISTRATION is now available through MySchoolBucks.

The buses provided by Washington Latin Public Charter Schools are considered an extension of the schools. While riding the bus, students are expected to behave in the same manner as in the classroom, building and campuses.

The ability to ride the school bus is a privilege, not a right, and may be rescinded at any time. The bus driver and bus monitor are responsible for the safety and welfare of students on the bus, and students should adhere to their instructions at all times.  The driver and/or bus monitor will report any infractions of the rules below to school administrators who will follow up on the issue and take appropriate action.  A meeting with a parent and member of the administration may be required before the student will be allowed to ride the bus again. A second offense will mean that the student may no longer ride the bus. There will no longer be a warning given for misbehavior, nor will there be an appeal process if the bus staff recommends suspension.

Please note that not meeting these expectations may lead to the student being removed from the bus for the remainder of that season with forfeit of payment.

The driver, the monitor, and Latin expect that students will adhere to the following bus rules:

• Students must maintain appropriate distance on the bus at all times
• Students are requested to use hand sanitizer when boarding the bus
• Students will remain seated at all times and may not move from their seats until the bus comes to a complete stop.
• Students’ actions should not cause the driver to be distracted while the bus is moving.
• Students may talk quietly with a neighbor but not talk in an overly loud voice, scream, or yell.
• There is to be no profanity, vulgar language, or gestures.
• Students should confine their activity inside the bus. All body parts (head, arms, long hair, etc.) must be kept inside the bus. Students should refrain from gesturing, talking, or in any way interacting with pedestrians or other drivers.
• Students should maintain the cleanliness and condition of the bus by not writing on any part of the bus, ripping or tearing seat covers, throwing anything, or leaving litter on the bus.
• There is to be no threatening or sexual harassment of others.
• There is to be no throwing of anything within the bus or out of the window of the bus.
• There is to be no wrestling, spitting, fighting, pushing, and/or shoving.
• There is no holding of seats for other students; students should take the window seats if available to allow efficient loading of the bus from the center aisle.

We, parents/guardians and child(ren), have read, understand, and accept that riding the bus provided by Washington Latin PCS is a privilege. We further understand and accept that child(ren) may be removed from the bus if, in the view of Washington Latin authorities their actions, behavior, attitude, tardiness, and/or lack of compliance with expectations endanger or create problems for the driver or other students.  We further understand and accept that removal from the bus will extend for the remainder of the season (Fall, Winter, or Spring) with no refund.

Students and parents/guardians will sign this form through MySchoolBucks.

Questions?                               Contact Martita Fleming, Director of Operations 202.223.1111 x114   mfleming@latinpcs.org