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The contract allows CPS students in grades 9 through 12 to ride Metro to and from school and after-school activities during the school year. In addition, it also allows students in grades 7 and 8 who participate in after-school activities to ride Metro home after those activities.
CINCINNATI – The Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) Board of Education approved the transportation contract for the 2022-23 school year with the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), the agency that provides Metro bus service in Hamilton County. The contract was approved unanimously during the CPS Board’s regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Aug. 1. The SORTA Board of Trustees unanimously approved the contract during its most recent regularly scheduled meeting on July 19.

This contract allows CPS students in grades 9 through 12 to ride Metro to and from school and after-school activities during the school year. In addition, it also allows students in grades 7 and 8 who participate in after-school activities to ride Metro home after those activities.

“Transportation is a key component of ensuring our students can get to school safely and on time,” said CPS Superintendent Iranetta Wright. “I am very grateful the CPS and Metro teams came together to ensure our students will have the most direct transportation to and from school this year.”

Students riding Metro to school will have, at most, one transfer on their way to or from school.

“We are proud of our long history of serving students and families and look forward to our continued partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools during this upcoming school year,” said Darryl Haley, Metro CEO and general manager. “We are committed, as always, to providing safe, on-time and reliable service that connects students to classes throughout the city.”

Students will receive route postcards in the mail from the CPS Transportation Department before the start of school. The route postcards will have more information for how students can get to and from school, as well as serve as students’ bus pass on Aug. 18, the first day of school. Students and families are encouraged to visit Metro’s student transportation website at www.go-metro.com/student-transportation for route look-up information and the Transit mobile app. To view the most up-to-date routes for the opening of school, users should enter 08/18/22 or after in the date selection field. Students will pick up their Metro passes from their school on the first day of school.

Students in grade 7 and 8 will ride yellow buses to and from school at normal pick-up times. Seventh- and eighth-grade students participating in after-school activities will ride Metro home and can pick up their Metro cards from their school.

If students do not receive their route cards by Aug. 15, or have additional questions, they are encouraged to call the CPS transportation hotline at 513-363-RIDE (7433), Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. or visit www.cps-k12.org/transportation to review a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ).

CPS will host a virtual Transportation Information Session for parents on Sunday, Aug. 14 at 4 p.m. More details will be made available on the CPS website at www.cps-k12.org