Transportation

2020-2021 Bus Service Sign up

Bus Service

Franklin is pleased to offer bus service. Please note this is a limited service. We prioritize based on need and hardship. We cannot guarantee a spot on the bus to any student until we have established the bus rider schedule for the year. If you would like to request bus service for the 2020-2021 school year, please fill out this form:

Bus Rider Request Form

Bus service will be provided when the school is operating under the State’s “Plan A” (all students attending in person) and “Plan B”, the hybrid in-person and remote learning model. Under Plan B, social distancing will be implemented, with fewer students on the bus, with students spaced apart from one another. All bus riders must complete a daily health screening and temperature check prior to boarding the school bus. Parents/guardians will wait with their student until they are cleared to board the bus. Passengers and drivers will wear cloth face coverings on the bus. Please plan to arrive at the bus stop at least 5 minutes before the scheduled pick-up or drop-off time, and plan for the time it will take to complete the health screening. We appreciate your cooperation with the steps we all are taking to keep our students and staff safe and healthy.

 

Orange Route	Morning Pick Up	Afternoon Drop Off
Goodwill on Patton Avenue (1616 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28806)	7:20 AM	3:50 PM
Chamber of Commerce ( 36 Montford Ave. Asheville, NC 28801)	7:30 AM	4:00 PM
Return to School	8:00 AM	4:25 PM
Blue Route	Morning Pick Up	Afternoon Drop Off
Bent Creek Baptist Church (1554 Brevard Rd, Asheville, NC 28806)	7:00 AM	3:50 PM
South College (140 Sweeten Creek Rd, Asheville, NC 28803)	7:15 AM	4:05 PM
Ingles on Weaverville Rd (499 Weaverville Rd, Asheville, NC 28804)	7:35 AM	4:25 PM
Ingles on Patton Ave and New Leicester Hwy (7 New Leicester Hwy, Asheville, NC 28806)	7:50 AM	4:40 PM
Return to School	8:05 AM	4:50 PM
Yellow Route	Morning Pick Up	Afternoon Drop Off
Ingles in Mills River (3338 Boylston Hwy, Mills River, NC 28759)	7:05 AM	4:05 PM
YMCA Fletcher (2775 Hendersonville Road, Arden, NC 28704)	7:20 AM	4:25 PM
Ingles on Long Shoals Rd (301 Long Shoals Road, Arden, NC 28704)	7:40 AM	4:45 PM
Return to School	8:00 AM	5:10 PM

In addition, there is a Franklin School of Innovation Carpooling Group on Facebook.  Parents are encouraged to join that group and find carpools in your area.  If the bus route and carpooling are unavailable in your area, parents are responsible for student transportation.

Drop Off and Pick Up Procedures – Updated for March 2021

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We are aware that the car line can test everyone’s patience. This will be particularly true this year, as we implement new health screening checks as part of our school arrival procedures. 

Sardis Road is a busy and under-built road.  Attention to the safety of our students and faculty and a few general rules will help keep traffic flowing and keep our impact on Sardis Road to a minimum. 

Please arrive during the designated times. This is critical to keeping our traffic moving, and also to ensuring that our campus is a safe space.

Drop Off Procedures

• Middle School Drop Off: 7:50 – 8:10 am
• High School Drop Off: 8:10  – 8:25 am

All traffic enters the school through the main driveway (between the Valvoline shop and storage company). Traffic is one-way and exits through the driveway adjacent to the WNC Barbell Gym. Form two lanes at entrance to campus. Remain in your car for health screening. For everyone’s safety, all car riders must wear masks during the health screening. When your student has been screened, proceed around the drive to the entrance to our new building. All students will exit cars at this entrance and walk to their classrooms.

Student drivers will park in their designated parking space. If your parking space is before the area where screening is occurring, leave your car and proceed directly to one of our screeners. They will complete the screening as soon as they are available. At dismissal, leave promptly and go straight to your car, or wait at the picnic tables behind the building until traffic has cleared. Students who wait at picnic tables MUST comply with social distancing and mask requirements. 

No student will be permitted in a classroom without the appropriate colored wristband for the day.

Pick Up Procedures

• All parents will be issued cards with the name and grade of their student. These cards are to be prominently displayed where school staff can view them at pick up. The purpose of the cards is to help us guide parents to the correct pick-up zones and to call students for prompt pick up. 
• The speed limit on campus is 10 miles per hour. 
• The Drop-Off/Pick-Up zones are Cell-Phone Free zones. Please demonstrate concern for the safety of our students and staff by putting your phones away as soon as you turn right onto a drop-off/pick-up zone. 
• Do not arrive prior to 11:30 am. Early arrivals can result in traffic back ups. High school dismissal starts at 11:50 am and middle school dismissal begins at 12:00 noon. 

We will use all three of our drives for pick up.  We will call students for dismissal when you arrive. If your student has a cell phone, you may text them to let them know you have arrived; please note they will be dismissed when we call for them. 

• The first drive – shown in Blue on the map – is for grades 7 and 10. Take an immediate right turn behind “Mt. Franklin” (the big hill). Traffic in the pick-up zone is one lane only.  Pull as far forward as possible on the left side of the lane. We will call your student for pick up. 

• The middle lane – shown in Green on the map –  is for grades 8 and 9.  Turn into the 2nd drive,  between Einstein and Parks & Johnson buildings. Traffic in the pick-up zone is one lane only. Pull as far forward as possible on the right side of the lane. 

• The last drive – shown in Red on the map  – is for 5th  and 6th grade and any student whose last class is in the new building (generally 11th/12th grade and Biology students). Pick up will be on the east side of our new building. Traffic is one lane only, proceeding behind the new building until you reach the designated loading zone. 

All traffic must turn right at the exit to Sardis Road. It is extremely unsafe to turn left at the exit. After turning right, you can use the turn at the corner if you need to go east on Sardis.

Car Pools: Pick up at the designated location for the youngest student in your carpool. 

Bus Riders: Bus drivers will screen students before the student enters the school bus. Parents/guardians must wait at the bus stop until their student(s) has been screened. Any student who presents with a fever of 100 degrees or higher, or responds that they have tested positive for COVID-19, have symptoms, or have been in close contact with an individual with COVID-19 may not get on the school bus, and will return home with their parent/guardian. 

Walkers: Please email your principal if your student will be walking home from school.

Students riding home with a student driver: Please email your principal if your student will be riding home with an older sibling who is a car driver. Students will be dismissed from their classrooms and should walk directly to their sibling’s parking spot.

Late Arrivals/Early Dismissal

Students arriving after 8:30 am must report to the main office for health screening.  Parents/guardians will park along the side of the driveway close to the main entrance of the new building and must remain in your car until your student has been screened. If you are picking your student up before dismissal, park along the side o the driveway near the main entrance and call the office (828-318-8140). We will call your student for dismissal. Do not report to the school building. For safety purposes, we are limiting visitors in our buildings.