Henderson County Schools, the city of Henderson and Henderson County government have created a temporary transportation solution for South Heights School students who live in the East End.
According to a news release from HCS, a city of Henderson HART bus will pick up students at the south corner of Powell and Julia streets in front of Metzger’s Tavern at 6:35 a.m. and then again at 6:50 a.m.
The HART bus will then pick up students at the at the corner on Powell and Mill streets at 6:37 a.m. and 6:52 a.m.
After picking up, students will be taken to South Heights, said the release.
HCS said students do not have to pay city bus fares. The release also alerted students and parents that traffic does not stop for HART buses as it does for school buses, so students should wait on the proper corner and be prepared to enter on the door side—not from across the street.
Additionally, in the afternoon, the students will be dropped off at the same locations because of a partnership with county government.
At Tuesday morning’s Fiscal Court meeting, Judge-Executive Brad Schneider said county Road Department employee Lana Goins agreed to take a school bus route in the afternoon. He said Goins will work seven hours in the morning for the county and then take the bus route in the afternoon. Goins was a former bus driver for the department of transportation at HCS, so she has all the necessary licenses, Schneider said.
HCS asks parents/guardians to walk with kindergarten students to the bus stop in the mornings and meet the bus in the afternoons at the stop, said the release.
