{"id":105232,"date":"2025-07-30T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105232\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T16:22:09","slug":"houston-isd-transportation-requests-still-open-for-2025-26-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/105232\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston ISD transportation requests still open for 2025\u201326 school year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The priority deadline for submitting a transportation request has passed, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_ISD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_ISD\/\">Houston ISD<\/a> families can still complete the form to let the district know if their student is eligible and interested in bus service for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This request helps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_ISD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/topic\/Houston_ISD\/\">HISD<\/a> finalize routes and improve service. Families can access the form by visiting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonisd.org\/our-families-students\/transportation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.houstonisd.org\/our-families-students\/transportation\">HISD transportation website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>New option: METRO passes for high school students<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Starting this year, eligible high school students will have the option to use a free METRO pass instead of riding a traditional HISD school bus. This partnership offers more flexibility for families, especially for students who already rely on public transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">To be eligible for transportation, students must meet one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Attend their zoned school and live more than two miles away<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Be a magnet transfer student attending a school outside their zone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>Have a hazardous walking route to school<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The district says ride times are being reduced across the board:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>No more than 50 minutes for students traveling to their zoned neighborhood school<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>No more than 80 minutes for magnet students<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">More than 30,000 families have already joined Parent Square, Houston ISD\u2019s new district-wide communication platform. All HISD schools will use it this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">If you haven\u2019t signed up yet, check your email or text messages for an invite. To help, HISD has posted a video on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M56CXwwYg_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M56CXwwYg_Y\"><b>YouTube titled Now You Know How to Sign Up for Parent Square<\/b><\/a>. It walks families through the setup and shows how to customize their account.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The priority deadline for submitting a transportation request has passed, but Houston ISD families can still complete the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":105233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[13915,407,6263,4345,6267,5248,67754,358,522,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-105232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-back-to-school","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-hisd","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-houston-isd","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-parent-square","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-transportation","17":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114943108261619130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}