DART Bus Information
Free DART Access
For the 2024-25 school year, all Harding Middle School and North High School students will be able to ride DART for free, thanks to continued funding from the Principal Foundation. This means that all students, including those who open enroll or live within three miles of the school, will have free access to DART any time and any day, including weekends and over breaks. This is the third year we have partnered with DART to offer free transportation, with the goal of improving student attendance, academic achievement, and access to jobs and extracurricular activities. North and Harding are the only two schools that will have free access for all students; like last year, DMPS will partner with DART to offer different levels of access for students at other schools.
Student IDs
Students MUST have their ID in order to ride the DART bus. Lost IDs can be replaced in the main office for a cost, but cannot be replaced on the same day requested.
Code of Conduct
Students should be aware that their ability to ride DART for free is a privilege that can be
removed. Students are expected to follow both DART’s general rider guidelines, and
the district’s Code of Conduct whenever they are on a DART bus, or when they are at a
DART bus stop or at DART Central Station downtown. We will continue to work with DART
as we’ve done in the past to identify any student found not to be following these
guidelines or code of conduct, and in some cases, students could have their ability to
ride DART for free removed and could be prohibited from using DART’s buses.
Questions?
We’re grateful to Principal Foundation for funding this initiative, and to DART for working
with us to provide this expanded access to students. As a reminder, if you have
questions about the transportation you were assigned, to replace a lost ID card, or to
learn more about how to use DART’s services, please see your school’s administrators.
DART has resources available for students to learn more about schedule times and trip
planning options. For those, please visit ridedart.com/DMPS.
