Charles Co. CCPS moves to new school locator, system linked to new routing software

Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) is moving to a new school locator on its website, ccboe.com. The new system launches live on Nov. 2 and is linked to the CCPS website under the Quick Links menu area. Click on the School Locator link to access the system. Users can click on the instructions menu on the page for step-by-step directions on how to use the system.

School locator allows the public to enter a Charles County address to see school attendance zones. The system also shows if an address is eligible for school bus transportation or falls within a walk zone.

CCPS is using a new school bus routing system through VEO Transportation that supports the new locator. A direct link to the new locator is https://infosharecharles.tripsparkhost.com/. The locator features interactive school zone maps; users can search the maps to view an entire school zone area. The new base map is the same utilized by Charles County Emergency Services and includes new neighborhood developments.

For the 2020-21 school year, CCPS will reopen to in-person learning in phases. As CCPS prepares to enter Phase 2 of its school reopening plan, the school locator will only display school attendance zones. Phase 2 families can find bus information for their child in ParentVue, under the Student Info menu. Scroll down to the Other Data area to see bus route details. Families of students with special needs will be contacted by phone about transportation.

Parents of students returning to school in Phase 2 should check ParentVue on Friday, Nov. 6 to confirm their child’s bus information. Student pick-up and drop-off times may change during Phase 2. If students are added or removed from a bus route after Nov. 9 and the route changes considerably, CCPS transportation staff will call affected families. The information will also be updated in ParentVue.

Bus information for students during Phases 2-4 will be posted in ParentVue. Once all students are able to return to in-person learning, additional features in school locator will be added such as bus assignment, bus stop location, and estimated pick-up and drop-off times.

If an address is not found in the system, users should submit a Community Concern help request to the CCPS transportation department online at https://www.ccboe.com/transportation/?page_id=182.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,521 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.

CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).
 
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