Here Are The New Start And Dismissal Times For Escambia County Schools

August 10, 2021

The Escambia County School District has provided a list detailing the start and dismissal times for every school in the county, many of which were adjusted due a shortage of bus drivers.

Escambia County School Superintendent Tim Smith said Monday that the district is still trying to recruit new bus drivers, but that has been a very difficult undertaking.

To help overcome the shortage, the district has most bus drivers running an extra elementary route each day, in addition to their normal routes. Start and dismissal times were adjusted for several schools as a result, as much as 20-30 minutes in some cases.

“That’s why the times were adjusted. Our transportation team did it a remarkable job on figuring that out,” he said. “That was a highly complex venture and took a number iterations to get the correct schematic in place.”

“We have to make sure our bus routes and drivers are ready to go,” he said. “To do that with a limited number of buses in operation from the bus driver shortage, it became rather complicated to do this.”

Here are the 2021-2022 school year start and dismissal times for every Escambia County School District school:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

7:10 a.m. until 1:25 p.m. (11:35 a.m. early release)

  • Ensley Elementary
  • Global Learning Academy
  • L.D. McArthur Elementary
  • Longleaf Elementary
  • Montclair Elementary
  • Navy Point Elementary
  • Oakcrest Elementary
  • O.J. Semmes Elementary
  • Scenic Heights Elementary
  • West Pensacola Elementary

7:35 a.m. until 1:50 p.m. (noon early release)

  • Beulah Elementary
  • Bratt Elementary
  • Hellen Caro Elementary
  • Molino Park Elementary

7:50 a.m. until 2:10 p.m. (12:20 p.m. early release)

  • Bellview Elementary
  • Blue Angels Elementary
  • Brentwood Elementary
  • Cook Elementary
  • Cordova Park Elementary
  • Ferry Pass Elementary
  • Holm Elementary
  • Jim Allen Elementary
  • Kingsfield Elementary
  • Lincoln Park Elementary
  • R. C. Lipscomb Elementary
  • Myrtle Grove Elementary
  • Pine Meadow Elementary
  • Pleasant Grove Elementary
  • Sherwood Elementary
  • A. K. Suter Elementary
  • Warrington Elementary
  • C. A. Weis Elementary

MIDDLE SCHOOLS

8:40 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. (1:10 p.m. early release)

  • Brown Barge Middle School

9:05 a.m. until 3:45 p.m. (1:35 p.m. early release)

  • Ernest Ward Middle School

9:30 a.m. until 4:15 p.m (2:10 p.m. early release)

  • Bailey Middle
  • Bellview Middle
  • Beulah Middle
  • Ferry Pass Middle
  • Ransom Middle
  • Workman Middle

9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m (2:10 p.m. early release)

  • Warrington Middle

HIGH SCHOOLS

8:25 a.m. until 3:05 p.m. (12:55 p.m. early release)

  • West Florida High

8:30 a.m. until 3:10 p.m. (1:20 p.m. early release)

  • Escambia High
  • Pensacola High
  • Pine Forest High
  • Tate High
  • Washington High

8:45 a.m. until 3:20 p.m. (1:10 p.m. early release)

  • Northview High

ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS/CENTERS

  • Hope Horizon Lakeview Center — 7:20 a.m. until 1:20 p.m. (noon early release)
  • Westgate Center — 7:50 a.m. until 2:10 p.m. (12:20 p.m. early release)
  • District Extended (times vary, early release at noon)
  • KAPS K-5/ Achieve 6-12 — 8:45 a.m. until 3:25 p.m. (2 p.m. early release)
  • Success Academy — 9 a.m. until 2:35 p.m. (12:30 p.m. early release)

Comments

8 Responses to “Here Are The New Start And Dismissal Times For Escambia County Schools”

  1. @ curious on September 20th, 2021 7:22 am

    The reason for the shortage is a variety of factors. Starting with the REDICULOUSLY LOW PAY for having to deal with a bus load of kids. Some of whom have little to no manners, bullies, smart mouths, and having to drive while keeping eyes on the other idiot drivers , in a hurry to get somewhere. And the fact that a smoker can not even be considered for a bus driver position.. I totally understand NO SMOKING on bus or school property. But when u have to submit to random nicotine tests bc u can not smoke even at home on your own time. That is petty as it gets!! That goes way overboard, in my opinion! I mean DRUG TEST? Ok.. But I did not see that anywhere on the application qualifications.. So I guess u can be on drugs. U just can not smoke a cigarette!! SMH..

  2. Jerome Croon on August 11th, 2021 1:15 pm

    What time should we be in parking lot to pick up child at Jim Bailey?

  3. CA on August 11th, 2021 11:14 am

    As a former driver who has moved away, I can say that unless you love and care for children this job is difficult but rewarding. Pay increases may attract people who have an aptitude , but may be forced in other types of work that pay better. While several people who do this job, may not completely depend on transporting children for a living, perhaps better pay would be an incentive to make a commitment. Yes, it is a commitment, not just a job. Only good people who care about children need apply. Please act to pay accordingly.

  4. OhYouKnow on August 11th, 2021 6:01 am

    @curiuos
    Has it really been so long ago that you road a bus? I don’t have what it takes to drive a bus load of Children having to deal with their shenanigan’s and the idiot drives here. God bless the bus drives.

  5. TH on August 10th, 2021 9:04 pm

    @RC, there was always a two hour difference from elementary to middle. Nothing changed then. But if you have better plan, go to your school board meeting and voice it.

  6. RC on August 10th, 2021 4:23 pm

    This is terrible! Families with several children will have first graders getting home at 1:30 and the older children not getting home until 4:30, leaving the eight year old at home alone for two hours! Not a good situation. We can and must do better for our parents and kids.

  7. ensley boy on August 10th, 2021 2:01 pm

    Need to raise the pay to $15.00 an hour.

  8. curiuos on August 10th, 2021 12:17 pm

    wonder why there is such a shortage??

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