2025-26 PIST meetings
Welcome to the new school year and a different meeting schedule than last year but similar.
Most months we will meet on
the second Friday evening, focused on trends and strategies
the third Tuesday lunchtime, focused on route questions / improving our website resources for parents / steps for upcoming actions in support of better busing.
During good weather we will aim to have an outdoor meeting in person on a weekend.
Otherwise this is the zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82470154849?pwd=EkGoVlJygHnxz7MZPqMQC2OT5x0tK1.1
Meeting ID: 824 7015 4849 Passcode: 937177
Calendar:
SEPTEMBER FOCUS What issues are we seeing with busing, bus para, Via app, and what can we do about it in upcoming actions on Sept 22 and 25?
Friday September 12 at 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday September 16 at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
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OCTOBER FOCUS Comptroller audit of OPT contracts comes out this month. Let’s call attention to how the money SHOULD be spent, for student needs. Planning for activism and possibly a town hall, between now and November.
Friday October 17 at 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. because Oct 10 is a long weekend = Dialogue with guest Youth advocate for Expand Student OMNY campaign https://act.transalt.org/a/expand-student-omny ; Disability Pride parade info; priorities for the coming month.
Tuesday October 21 at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. = Office Hours & info exchange
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NOVEMBER FOCUS Access A Ride for students, Continued response to the crisis over school bus contract extensions and what will become of our students’ services.
Friday November 14 at 7:30 - 8:45 p.m. = Volunteer/strategy meeting: report from Oct and Nov events, plans, prepare questions for CIDNY presenter / what AAR regs would we want to see applied to school busing?
Tuesday November 18 at 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. = Guest speaker Anna Humphrey from Center for Indepence of the Disabled NY https://www.cidny.org/ on Access A Ride rights & processes; time for consultation on day to day busing concerns.
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