Dear NHSD families, students and staff,

As communicated this morning, contract negotiations between the union representing NHSD bus drivers and ABC Transit, our contracted transportation provider, have resumed.

If an agreement is not reached by midnight tonight, our bus drivers will go on strike and we will have no transportation for students beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 3. This includes all students who attend North Hills schools, and private and parochial school students serviced by NHSD drivers.

Should today’s negotiations fail and a strike occur, all schools will be OPEN as scheduled for in-person instruction. Tomorrow and for the duration of the transportation strike, families are responsible for their own transportation to and from school. 

We ask that everyone please allow for extra time and please be patient. While we have done all we can to plan and prepare, heavy traffic at drop off and pick up is expected. Carpooling is strongly encouraged.

The expectation is that students attend school in person. However, we are offering a live stream option for students who do not have transportation. Students who cannot attend in person because they do not have transportation can attend live via Zoom. This is only if a strike occurs and while the district is without transportation.

Students attending remotely must attend live and should follow their typical daily schedule. Lessons will not be recorded nor posted in Google Classroom for playback. Students must attend classes live.

Attendance will be recorded by the teacher, just as it is on a typical school day. Students must be in class in person or live on Zoom to be counted as present.

Each school has created drop off and pick up procedures with different waves with designated, assigned times, pick up and drop off locations. 

Separate, building-specific emails with complete details and maps will be sent later today. The information will also be available on our website, nhsd.net.

Please review your building’s procedures carefully prior to Wednesday morning.

A.W. Beattie students must provide their own transportation to Beattie. We have arranged for North Allegheny School District buses to pick up our students at the end of their Beattie classes and transport them back to North Hills High School for the remainder of the school day.

North Hills High School

7:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Bell Schedule

North Hills Middle School

7:50 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. | Bell Schedule

Highcliff & West View

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

McIntyre & Ross

9:15 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

If you need to drop off your elementary or middle school student(s) early or pick up your student(s) late, please complete this form. One form must be completed per child.

If your child typically attends morning care at their respective school, you DO NOT need to sign up. This sign up is for planning purposes so we can ensure schools are adequately staffed. 

Early drop off and late pick up hours are as follows:

If you have questions regarding early drop off or late pick up, please contact your school directly.

The high school library will remain open until 3:15 p.m. for high school students who need to remain at school while they wait for their ride home.

Additional details will be included in each school’s email to be sent later this afternoon and on our website, nhsd.net.

We are disappointed an agreement has not yet been reached. We recognize the burden that transporting children to and from school puts on our families.

NHSD bus drivers are employees of ABC Transit and the district was not involved in the contract negotiations in any way nor do we know how long a strike will last.

We thank you for your ongoing flexibility and patience. We will keep you updated as information pertaining to the strike is communicated to us.

Thank you,

North Hills School District Administration