Large school systems like the DCSS run more efficiently by staggering school start times so buses can run shift routes and provide a neighborhood-oriented pickup and drop-off schedule.  The staggered start times allow for maximum instructional time for all students by ensuring on-time arrival, reducing the ride time for children, improving discipline, assuring students have time for breakfast after arriving at school, allowing transportation by grade levels (i.e., elementary students ride with other elementary students), and improving transportation efficiency.

Bus transportation is managed through two transportation zones based on the county's geography. Two managers oversee all transportation concerns for their respective zone. The list below identifies transportation zones for each school.

Western Zone

Mary Napier, West Supervisor
483-6343

Alice Coachman Elementary School
Lake Park Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary Magnet
Live Oak Elementary School
Merry Acres Middle School
Northside Elementary
Oak Tree
Pre-Kindergarten
Robert Cross Middle Magnet School
Sherwood Acres Elementary
South Georgia Regional Achievement Center
Westover Comprehensive High School
West Town Elementary School

Eastern Zone

James Cowart, East Supervisor
483-6340

Albany Middle School
ASU Early College Campus
Dougherty Comprehensive High
International Studies Charter
Robert A. Harvey Elementary
Lamar Reese Middle Magnet School of the Arts
Martin Luther King Jr., Elementary School
Monroe Comprehensive High School
Morningside Elementary School
Radium Springs Elementary
Radium Springs Middle Magnet
Turner Elementary School

For more information, contact the DCSS Transportation Department at (229) 431-1265.