Please review the DOE’s eligibility guidelines (https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/transportation/bus-eligibility) to determine if your K-6th grade child is eligible for OPT yellow bus OR OMNY/MetroCard service. Please note that there is no OPT bus service for grades 7 and 8 but they may be eligible for an OMNY/ MetroCard. Both services are free to eligible families and are provided through The Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT).
If you are not eligible for OPT busing, there is a parent organized, private bus committee which helps find other alternatives. Please reach out to them here:
- Q300 Lower Division Campus Private Bus Committee: q300privatebus@gmail.com
- Q300 Upper Division Campus Private Bus Committee: q300privatebusms@gmail.com
Public bus services are free to eligible families and are provided through The Office of Pupil Transportation (OPT) of DOE. The Q300 just shared the OPT bus planned routes for 2024-2025.
Please have an alternate transportation option for students applying for OPT busing for the first time until their stop is approved by OPT. If OPT provides your child with a bus stop/route that information will be shared with you when school reopens in September ( You may also view it in your NYCSA account). It takes OPT 24-48 hours to process bus stop requests. Questions and concerns? Please contact our bus coordinator at schoolbus@q300.org.