The Transportation Department is responsible for scheduling bus service for most field trips taken by PISD students and faculty. All field trip requests must be approved and signed by the appropriate personnel before they are submitted to Transportation's Field Trip office.
Every effort is made to provide school buses for the request.
However, this is not always possible. Not all field trips can be done at the school's requested times. In this case Transportation must obtain a charter bus for the trip. The Transportation Field Trip secretary will contact Arta Travel and arrange for a charter bus for the school. For Band Night this school year the district used 87 vehicles and drivers to transport all the students and equipment for competition.