Our district has approved changes to transportation eligibility for the 2023-24 school year to improve reliability.

High School Application Process
Choosing a high school that meets a student's individual needs is an important opportunity in Omaha Public Schools. We know that students and families make their high school choice based on a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, programming and transportation. Students are guaranteed enrollment at their neighborhood school. Families may apply to any school. However, the Student Assignment Plan will determine their transportation eligibility and priority in the high school choice process. 

High School Application Timeline

• January 9-13 Every Omaha Public Schools eighth grader will receive an application at their current school
• January 27 Final date to submit the applications back to the current school
• February 17 High School placement letters will be mailed to homes

January 2023 Open Houses

Benson High School - Tuesday, January 24, 2023 6:00- 8:00pm

Bryan High School - Thursday, January 12, 2023 6:00-8:00pm

Buena Vista High School - Saturday, January 7, 2023 2:00-4:00pm

Burke High School - Tuesday, January 17, 2023 6:00-8:00pm

Central High School - Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00am - 12:00pm

North High School - Sunday, January 8, 2023 2:00-4:00pm

Northwest High School - Thursday, January 26, 2023 6:00-8:00pm

South High School - Thursday, January 19, 2023 6:00-8:00pm

Westview High School - Sunday, January 15, 2023 2:00-4:00pm

Neighborhood vs Non-Neighborhood Transportation
Our district currently has guidelines for transportation eligibility to both neighborhood and non-neighborhood schools.

Neighborhood transportation is for eligible students who attend their neighborhood (home) school.

• The plan increases transportation eligibility at all high schools.
• Instead of using distance, the plan uses streets to identify transportation areas in each high school boundary.
• Each transportation area identified is an area that is generally located farthest away from the school.
• The neighborhood transportation plan is below.

Non-neighborhood transportation is for students who attend a school other than their home (neighborhood) high school.

• The plan creates three partner zones each including three high schools.
• One additional school has been identified as a partner school.
• Students would have priority and be eligible for transportation at other schools in their partner zone and their home school's additional partner schools, also known as their "plus one school" (pictured below).
  • For example, students living in the North attendance area would be in the same zone as Burke and South. North High School's plus one school is Westview (156th and Ida). Students in the North attendance area would have priority and be eligible for transportation to Burke, South or Westview.
• The three partner zones and the plus one schools are listed below.
• All three partner zones offer students access to diverse programming at high schools across the district.
• The non-neighborhood transportation plan is below.