To protect students in severely cold weather (wind chill of zero or below), the ICSD Transportation Department will follow the cold weather advisory bus procedures outlined below from January 13 until March 1:
Bus drivers will give students extra time to get to the bus. Students who can see the bus stop from their house can stay inside until they see the bus approaching.
Drivers must make all stops even if students who are usually waiting at the road are not out.
Additional stops will also be made so that secondary students who typically walk to school can ride a bus instead:
Ithaca High School and Boynton buses will make three additional downtown stops at approximately 8:40 a.m.:
Tompkins County Library (Rt. 72)
Southside Community Center (Rt. 75)
3rd Street and Hancock Street (Rt. 34)
DeWitt buses will make two additional stops at approximately 8:45 a.m.:
Salem Drive and Birchwood Drive (Rt. 56)
Winston Court and the Walkway (Rt. 56)
Due to these measures, the ICSD anticipates that secondary buses will run two to three minutes behind schedule on these days.