Middle School Administrators and Administrative Assistants,
During Principals’ Meeting on September 17, 2019, I met with principals at each level to discuss the space available process. During the Middle School Level Meeting, all middle school administrators agreed to the following when awarding space available permits:
- All permits submitted during the space available application window (middle of July through the week before school starts) will be awarded according to farthest distance from the school.
- Permits submitted after the space available application window will be awarded on a first come first served basis.
- Ultimately, the principal can choose to award a space available pass to a student whose request is submitted after the application window, however, this likely will result in the school having to revoke a permit that has already been issued.
In the event you would like to move forward with the above-mentioned process, we have a few favors to ask of you. First, I would encourage you to send a Skylert message to your community indicating the space available permit application window ends at the end of the day on Friday, August 14. Second, please keep all space available permit applications you receive in a folder at your school until the window closes. Then send all space available permit applications to the Department of Transportation either on your way out the door on Friday, August 14 or first thing as you get to school the morning of Monday, August 17. Please do not include any space available permit requests received on Monday, August 17 with the requests received during the space available permit application window. Last, any space available permit requests you receive after Friday, August 17 must be time stamped in order for us to award permits based on first come first served.
If you simply want to award space available permits based on farthest distance from the school, let me know you would like to stick with the original process and our routers will plan accordingly.
Don’t hesitate contacting me with any questions you may have.
Please see document below "State Standards, District Policies and Transportation Guidelines" or CLICK HERE to access the document online.
Thanks,
Paul Bergera
Director of Transportation
Jordan School District
