HOPE – Protocols at each campus in the Hope Public Schools District governing arrivals and departures in both car line and school bus transportation will remain largely intact through the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year.\r\n
\r\nThe most significant change is expected to occur during the school year at the Hope Academy of Public Service campus on Sixth Street.\r\n
\r\n“There will be major changes when the city begins the Sixth Street and sidewalks upgrades,” HAPS Principal Dr. Carol Ann Duke said. “At present, we have no idea when that will take place.”\r\n
\r\nHope City Manager Catherine Cook confirmed that assessment.\r\n
\r\n“This project has not yet bid out as utility relocation and right-of-way acquisition are not yet complete,” Cook said. “At this point, I doubt that will happen before the end of the year.”\r\n
Hope Academy of Public Service students arriving by car should be brought to the Seventh Street parking lot, and enter the building on the Grady Street side, Duke said. Parents should exit the parking lot via Seventh Street without blocking the bus loop on Washington Street, Duke said.\r\n
\r\nShe said car riders depart from campus via the Seventh Street parking lot.\r\n
\r\nBus riders will arrive and depart via the bus loop on the Washington Street side of the campus.\r\n
\r\nStaff parking is on the Seventh Street parking lot at the rear of the campus, and visitor parking is at the Sixth and Washington streets side parking lot. Handicapped parking spaces are provided near the Sixth and Grady streets intersection.\r\n
\r\nParking along the frontage of Sixth Street is not allowed by city ordinance; and, will be affected by planned street rehabilitation work on that section of Sixth Street.\r\n
