Oct 2025
PIST virtual meetings this month are:
Friday Oct 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday Oct 21 at 1:00 p.m.
Visit https://www.pistnyc.org/events/2025-26-pist-meetings for details
The days off at public school this month are Thurs Oct 2, Monday Oct 13, Monday Oct 20
Bus routes will serve other types of schools - if they remain open - if the school updated its calendar with OPT.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN OCTOBER 2025 part 1
*** Chances to advocate / volunteer with PIST ***
Sunday Oct 19 Disability Pride Parade
11:00 a.m. near Madison Square PARK (not garden!!) in Manhattan; find our yellow banner near the district 75 contingent or call 631.743.6296
12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Find us sharing the table of CWA local 1180 in Union Square
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Desfile del Orgullo de la Discapacidad
Domingo 19 de octubre
11:00 a.m. comienza desde Madison Park, Manhattan, cerca de la estación del tren # 6 de la calle 23
¡Por favor, llegue temprano! Encuentre la bandera amarilla de PIST detrás de los estudiantes del Distrito 75 o comuníquese al 631-743-6296.
De 12:00 a 3:00 p.m. habrá fiesta en Union Square Park cerca de 14th Street 4,5,6,L,N,Q,R
Únase a los voluntarios de PIST en la mesa de CWA Local 1180 mientras disfruta del programa.
Para obtener más información, consulte https://www.nycdisabilitypride.org/
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Friday, October 24 - Virtual - D75 parent leaders will share info about the bus crisis & calls to action
📆 Friday, 10/24/25 from 10:30am-12:30pm
🔗 Register at https://nycdoe.zoom.us/meeting/register/RsP68uDxTvWt55XRsQSqAQ
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Sunday, October 26 at 7:00 p.m. on the radio show Talk Out of School, WBAI 99.5 FM - interview with two leading bus parent activists. Will be available as a podcast online the day after.
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Tuesday, October 28 at 6:00 p.m. - two evening events:
Every district’s presidents council meeting Superintendents, etc, CCECs
In person at LaGuardia Community College
If you go, talk about this. Workers need work and Riders need rides!
Maybe we will have a flyer to distribute as people enter -consult pistnyc@gmail.com
2. - PTAC (PEP’s brief response to school bus advocacy) virtual public hearing
To Send Written comment https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5V2T0O-8KwTuayBYV3j8PevIZGlRG_DP2nM3FARKSoweGGA/viewform
Registration to attend https://learndoe.org/ptac/ List of speakers is already very long
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October 29 - 6pm = Monthly PEP meeting — no actual bus contracts but another resolution on bus contracts. Food & Finance HS, 525 W 50 St. Manhattan
Virtual viewers can submit written comment; in person attendees can speak for 2 minutes if they sign up between 5:30 and 6:15 at https://learndoe.org/pep/oct29/
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FYI Friday Oct 31 is the due date for the semi-annual OPT report to NY City Council about school bus route, delays, etc. This one is supposed to reflect January to June of 2025. However the one due April 1 is still missing at https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/government-reports/office-of-pupil-transportation-bi-annual-reports
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Save dates for November!
Saturday Nov 8 - PIST has endorsed Citywide March & Rally Defend NYCHA Public Housing - Manhattan 12-4 p.m.
because too many students are without permanent housing already! See tinyurl.com/DefendHome
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Mon Nov 10 - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Virtual Transportation Town Hall -
Students express their experiences and hopes for the yellow bus and transit
- “Expand Student OMNY” campaign led by High School youth
- Bus tracking app designed by D75 students for a class project
- Travel training
- Pushing for young adult job opportunities in the student transportation workforce
- Also on the program: PIST and tentatively OPT
🔗 Register at https://nycdoe.zoom.us/meeting/register/RsP68uDxTvWt55XRsQSqAQ
🗣️ Interpreters available in Spanish, Mandarin, and Bangla.
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Weds Nov 19 PEP with bus contracts Brooklyn - Prospect Heights HS, 883 Classon Ave.
Nearest subway station is Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
Interest form for car pooling from Bronx or Queens under construction, check back.
5:30 to 6:15 pm only - register to speak using https://learndoe.org/pep/nov19/
Virtual attendees can only listen and submit written testimony at
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FYI City Comptroller’s audit of certain OPT contracts is due/overdue in November, stay tuned.
CALENDAR part 2
*** Chances to learn *** Oportunidades para aprender
AHRC Workshops on Transition, Guardianship, OPWDD - image - request live registration links and text descriptions from stayintouch@ahrc.org
Alliance for Quality Education VIRTUAL Workshops on Leadership & Advocacy (October & November dates) - image above includes registration QR codes - Visit https://www.aqeny.org/CCECtrainingseries/
New Settlement Parent Action Committee & Bronx Healing-Centered Schools hybrid bilingual workshops Weds. evenings in Oct and November except 10/15 REGISTER bit.ly/PACFall2025 Phone 212-203-1171 Email PAC@newsettlement.org
Tallers de liderazgo por y para padres y miembros de la comunidad. Virtual or presencial en el Bronx los miercoles en Octubre y novembre menos el 15 de oct. Tele: 212.203.1171 Correo: PAC@newsettlement.org
Wed. Oct 22 at 6 PM, A special privacy briefing for parents via Zoom co-sponsored by the Educational Council Consortium along with Class Size Matters and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy. You can register here.
Learn what steps you should be taking if you want to opt out of disclosures of your child’s personal information to charter schools, the military, or other companies, as well as questions parents should be asking their schools about the other data disclosures that they plan to make.
Community Announcement
IF AND ONLY IF your child rides All American, Consolidated (Boro, ANJ, SNT), Grandpas, or Pioneer it's *possible* the driver will change Nov 3. If so, for continuity the attendant will not change until Nov 10.
CONTEXT: In August, OPT had sent out special ed routes but not general. These bus companies - which serve both and have ATU 1181 - are bound by seniority rules to offer drivers & attendants a chance to seek an assignment that's preferable for their own circumstances.
NOTE: It's not automatic, your crew may stay the same. The only way to be sure is to ask at the end of October.
We have some materials in English & Spanish for preparing a student who struggles with transitions, at https://www.pistnyc.org/resources/upcoming-changes (just ignore the dates and any extra company names listed there).
Anuncio comunitario
SI Y SOLO SI un estudiante viaja en un autobus de All American; Consolidated (Boro, ANJ, SNT); Grandpas; or Pioneer es posible que su conductor cambie el lunes 3 de noviembre.
En ese caso, para la continuidad el asistente permanecerá durante esa semana y cambiará el 10 de noviembre.
Contexto: En agosto, OPT proporcionó rutas de ed especiales actualizadas a las empresas, pero no rutas de ed generales. Los conductores sindicales y los encargados de estas empresas particulares -que hacen ambos tipos de rutas- han estado esperando su oportunidad de buscar una ruta preferida basada en la antigüedad. Las empresas que solo hacen rutas especiales de educación especial no se ven afectadas en este momento.
Nota: Incluso en estas empresas hay una buena posibilidad de que el equipo de autobuses permanezca en su lugar. No asumas. Si quieres estar seguro, espera hasta finales de octubre y pregunta cortésmente.
Tenemos algunos materiales en inglés y español para preparar a su hijo que odia las transiciones, en https://www.pistnyc.org/resources/upcoming-changes (simplemente ignore las fechas y cualquier otro nombre de compañía que aparezca allí).
Agradecemos a varios miembros y delegados sindicales de ATU 1181 por alertarnos. Tenga en cuenta que si la base de bus no está representada por esa unión, los cambios que experimenta tienden a ser más aleatorios.