The bell schedule will shift for most of our schools in the fall. The need for a more efficient bus route system drove the change. The shift reduces the number of bus routes, which will save about $1 million in transportation costs per year.

Starting on the first day of school in September, the schedule is:

• High school will start at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m.
• Middle school will start at 7:40 a.m. and end at 2:10 p.m.
• Some elementary schools will start at 8:40 and end at 3:10; some will start at 9 and end at 3:30 p.m. See full list below.
• Community Based Transition will start at 7:30 a.m. and end at 1 p.m.

Specific bus route information will be available close to the start of the school year.
 

Elementary Schools

• Arlington: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Birney: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Blix: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Boze: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Browns Point: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Bryant Montessori: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Crescent Heights: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• DeLong: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Downing: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Edison: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Fawcett: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Fern Hill: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Franklin: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Geiger Montessori: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Grant: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Jefferson: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Larchmont: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Lister: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Lowell: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Lyon: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Manitou Park: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Mann: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• NE Tacoma: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Pt. Defiance: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Reed: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Roosevelt: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Sheridan: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Sherman: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Skyline: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Stafford: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Stanley: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Travis: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Washington: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Whitman: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• Whittier: 8:40 a.m.    3:10 p.m.

Middle Schools

• Baker: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Byant Montessori: 8:40 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.
• First Creek: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Giaudrone: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Gray: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Hilltop Heritage: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Hunt: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Mason: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Meeker: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Stewart: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Truman: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.
• Wainwright Intermediate: 7:40 a.m. - 2:10 p.m.

High Schools

• Community Based Transition (CBT) Program: 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Foss: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
• IDEA: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Lincoln: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
• Mount Tahoma: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
• Oakland: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
• SAMI: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Silas: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.
• SOTA: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
• Stadium: 8:15 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Questions? Please email us at info@tacoma.k12.wa.us.