While not required of start-up charter schools, we believe it is important that we make available
bus service to our families for a number of reasons including student safety, reduced impact on the environment, better management of carpool, and less stress on families. These past few years we have enjoyed the flexibility of determining our own
bus routes and managing the service through contracted service providers. However, Fulton County Schools (FCS) Transportation Department informed us and the System's other start-up charter schools of new requirements that impact how our
bus service will be managed going forward per the following.
We will no longer be contracting with Stancil
Bus Service for our transportation needs. FCS Transportation is requiring charter schools to use
bus service providers from their approved vendor list. Stancil
Bus Service is not yet an approved vendor, and the approval process is lengthy. The new requirements also put us in a position where we will be unable to provide service using our own
bus.
We have thus entered into an agreement with Fulton County Transportation to provide our
bus service starting Tuesday, August 13. They are making available to us 3
buses. They have also determined the
bus stop locations within a predefined transportation zone based on the highest concentration of students. Unfortunately, Amana Academy does not have the ability to change the transportation zone (we apologize we will no longer be able to serve the Windward Home Depot stop).
The Fulton County defined
bus stops - based on highest concentration of students - are provided below.
A student is not required to reside in the city or nearby neighborhood of the bus stop. If you are interested in having your child ride the
bus during Fall Semester, please
click here to complete our
Bus Rider Application Form.
If we receive more interest than seats on the
buses, then we will conduct a lottery on Friday, August 9 at 10 AM in the lobby. Families of students who are selected will be notified the same day, so they can prepare for service on Tuesday, August 13.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Bus Service will start on Tuesday, August 13.
Only students who are selected from the lottery will have the privilege of riding the bus. An adult MUST be present when the school
bus arrives to pick up students in the morning and an adult MUST be present in the afternoon for drop-off. The
bus driver will return a student to the school in the afternoon if an adult is not present to pick up a child. Individual ridership will be considered a privilege, and can be withdrawn due to disciplinary issues or if the student(s) do not ride the
bus consistently. Any seats that are forfeited will be given to wait-listed students.
, please note that the items at the top of the list for your grade level are personal items for your child. Please label them with your child's name. 
