HISD buses were pressed into service again, this time helping out with Hurricane Rita evacuations:
HISD’s school bus drivers volunteered on Thursday, September 22, in Houston to rescue stranded evacuees from Hurricane Rita.
Here are some of the details of the work:
* A convoy of HISD school buses evacuated 400 senior citizens from the Primrose Del Sol nursing home on Aldine-Bender, taking them to the Amtrak station so they can catch a train out of town.
* HISD buses helped evacuate wheelchair-bound veterans from the Union Station Veteran’s Center at Preston and LeBranch.
* HISD buses picked up wheelchair-bound patients from Tranquility Personal Care Center on Poco, and Unlimited Care Center on Glen Pines, taking them to Sam Houston Raceway, where they are being organized in the grandstand area and then evacuated from Houston.
* HISD may soon send buses to the George R. Brown Convention Center because of reports that evacuees are gathering there and need transportation.
This came about due to a request from Mayor White’s office:
HISD received an emergency call from the mayor’s office near midnight Wednesday, September 21, asking for school buses to help in the evacuation. HISD transportation officials quickly contacted the district’s school bus drivers, and 150 of them volunteered for the job.
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