ARRIVAL/DISMISSAL TIME UPDATES FOR WAGENER-AREA SCHOOLS

Busbee Elementary, Corbett Middle, and Wagener-Salley High School will transition to the standard student arrival and dismissal times already implemented at schools in other areas of the county.

Standard arrival and dismissal times in Aiken County Schools are as follows:

· Elementary Schools: 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

· Middle Schools: 8 a.m. - 3:10 p.m.

· High Schools: 8:20 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Student bus riders in the Wagener area should anticipate transportation arriving approximately 15 minutes earlier in the mornings and a drastic improvement in afternoon travel times. Bus transportation will deliver all elementary students home immediately after dismissal at 2:30 p.m., then begin middle and high school student pickup and drop off.

While Ridge Spring-Monetta students will remain on their slightly altered arrival/dismissal schedule as we begin the 2025-26 school year, efforts are underway to further review routes for efficiencies and determine if a shift to the county’s standardized student day is possible given the availability of bus drivers and distance of some stops in the rural community which extend near Edgefield and into Saluda County.