Cunha and HMB High School schedules are only temporary

Students and their parents going back to school on Monday may not know it, but the current schedule for Cunha Intermediate and Half Moon Bay High Schools are only temporary.  The current start times for the schools are still the emergency schedule put in place to deal with Devil’s Slide closure.

Also, the bus set up for Cunha students during the closure will operate for the next two to four weeks before service is ended. Most parents are unlikely to be aware that the bus is even a temporary option, because Cunha parents were told in a letter with registration materials:

As you are well aware, there will be NO bussing for Cunha students, so you must make transportation arrangements to ensure your child gets to school [u]on time[/u] and home safely. Please consider SAMTRANS with the transportation plans. [emphasis in original]

The crowding of Cunha students on SAMTRANS buses became a major issue on the Coastside in February, and is still unresolved.

According to Cabrillo Unified School District Superintendent Dr. John Bayless, when the schedule was set over the summer, it was uncertain whether Highway 1 would be repaired in time, or whether any repairs that were made would be permanent. The district’s goal was to play it safe in case Devil’s Slide was unreliable or still closed. He said that the district is looking for other solutions for children who need transportation to school.

Bayless says that HMBHS will have to change its schedule in order to the get the required number of instructional minutes into the school day, and that Cunha’s schedule will probably be revised as well.  Although he could not say when this would be, he said it is likely to happen in about a month.