After
welcoming
thousands
of
students
and
parents
who
arrived
for
orientation
sessions,
early
open
houses,
and
early
tours of
the new
ninth
grade
campuses
on
Thursday
and
Friday,
Coweta
County
Schools
are
preparing
for the
first
day of
school
this
Monday,
August
6.
Elementary
schools
start
classes
at 8:00
a.m.
Parents
are
asked to
drop
their
students
off for
school
between
7:30
a.m. and
7:50
a.m.
Middle
schools
start
classes
at 8:20
a.m.
Parents
are
asked to
drop
students
off no
later
than
8:10
a.m.
High
schools
begin
first
block at
8:30
a.m.
Students
are
expected
to
arrive
no later
than
8:15
a.m.
Coweta
County
School
System
Transportation
Manager
Judy
Gresham
has
asked
parents
– and
all
motorists
– to
anticipate
the
added
traffic
on
Coweta
County
roads on
the
first
day of
school.
Parents
are
advised
to leave
early,
if at
all
possible,
and to
anticipate
longer-then-usual
drop-off
lines at
county
schools.
Gresham
also
asked
parents
and
drivers
to be
especially
aware of
school
buses,
bus
stops,
and
school
traffic
zones on
the
first
days of
school.
She is
asking
motorists
to drive
with
their
headlights
on to
raise
awareness
of road
safety
on the
first
day of
school.
All
students
who ride
the bus
on the
first
day of
school
should
be ready
for
pick-up
no later
than
7:00
a.m. The
school
bus will
pick up
students
at
regular
bus
stops no
earlier
than
that
time,
and will
arrive
at all
bus
stops as
soon as
possible
during
the
first
morning
of
school.
Bus
route
information
has been
issued
by the
transportation
department
for the
first
day of
school.
The
routes
are
listed
by
school.
Every
street
served
by a
school
bus is
listed
alphabetically
under
the
elementary,
middle
or high
school,
with the
a.m. and
p.m. bus
numbers.
If
parents
do not
see
their
street
listed,
or have
other
questions
regarding
school
bus
routes,
they
should
call the
school
system
transportation
department
at
770-254-2820.
School
enrollment
numbers
will
continue
to grow
through
the
month of
August,
and bus
ridership
will
increase
in the
first
few
weeks of
schools
as many
parents
shift
from car
transportation
to bus
transportation.
Routes
and
assigned
buses
are
subject
to
change
in the
weeks
following
August
6,
depending
on
enrollment
growth
and
ridership
patterns.
Students
can
report
to bus
pick-up
sites
used
last
year in
their
neighborhoods.
If
parents
are
unsure
about
pick-up
sites,
students
should
await
the bus
at the
end of
their
homes’
driveway
or – if
a home
is on a
street
or
cul-de-sac
of
2/10’s
of a
mile or
less in
length –
then
students
should
wait for
the bus
on the
nearest
street
corner.
If a
student
lives in
a
subdivision
and the
streets
are
longer
than
2/10ths
of a
mile
long,
bus
stops
are
1/10th
of a
mile
apart
based on
ridership.
If
subdivisions
are
undergoing
heavy
construction,
bus
service
will be
discontinued
until
the
construction
is
complete,
and
parents
are
advised
that
their
children
should
meet the
bus at
the
entrance
of the
subdivision.
Because
school
bus
ridership
and
student
growth
can be
unpredictable
on the
first
day of
school,
exact
transportation
pick-up
and
drop-off
times
cannot
be
anticipated
on
Monday,
August
6. The
Coweta
County
School
System
asks
parents
and
students
to be
patient,
and to
be
assured
that
standard
pick-up
and
drop-off
times
will
become
clear
and set
as the
school
year
progresses.
After-school
programs
will
also
continue
to
register
Monday,
beginning
in the
afternoons
at each
school
site.
Students
and
parents
arrive
in large
numbers
Thursday
evening
to tour
the new
ninth
grade
campus
at East
Coweta
High
School.
Students
at
Northgate
look
over the
class
assignments
at the
new
ninth
grade
campus,
during
the
school’s
orientation
Thursday
afternoon.
Newnan
High
welcomed
students
to
orientation
on
Friday
afternoon.
Bus
driver
Cindy
Thompson,
right,
and
Sandra
Lewis,
of the
Coweta
County
School
System
transportation
department,
inspect
one of
the
county’s
newest
buses,
which
have
flashing
LED
messages
to warn
motorists
of
upcoming
bus
stops.
Over 200
buses
have
been
inspected
and are
ready to
transport
students
to
school
on
Monday,
August
6.
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