Wyoming adds a bus route after Hilltop students move to temporary site

The Wyoming Board of Education at its August meeting approved the district’s transportation routes for the 2025–26 school year and confirmed the addition of a bus route to serve Hilltop after students moved to a temporary site. Nut graf: The additional route responds to changed routing needs after Hilltop students were relocated to Friendship United Methodist Church during the primary-facilities work; administrators said the move increased the number of students both eligible for and riding district buses. Treasurer’s report and transportation details: The treasurer called attention to several transportation specifics in the approved routing plan. Staff said the district had operated on five routes for many years but added a sixth route this year to serve the relocated Hilltop students. The district reported running three route buses out of Hilltop (four routes in the morning and five in the afternoon across the system) and described a mix of walkers, car riders and bus riders across schools. Administrators said increased ridership is a positive indicator and that more eligible students are now riding buses because of the location change. Parent tools and logistics: The district also rolled out a parent-facing app that allows guardians to update their child’s designated arrival/dismissal mode (bus, walk, car rider); administrators said the app was widely used and helped route management. Discussion versus decision: the board’s vote to approve the routes authorized staff to finalize routing and gave the superintendent authority to make adjustments when necessary without returning changes to the board. Outcome and next steps: approved routing takes effect for the school year; the superintendent was authorized to modify routes administratively if operational changes are needed.