It is our mission to creatively use the funding we receive as a charter school to maximize educational opportunities. Carpools and the City Bus system are the two main modes of transportation used by RCHS students. Once students have enrolled at RCHS, information about neighborhoods, major roads, and after-school destinations is collected during registration, organized in a database, and shared with families. PASTA coordinates this activity, and it is an important one for our school. The school is served by the City's Route 1 Capital bus which stops on the corner of Blount and Cedar. This bus continues inbound via Peace and Salisbury Street for transfers to outbound buses to out-bound buses to North Raleigh, or on to Moore Square for transfers East, South or to Cary. Some parents elect to use private services also. Information about these services is also shared after registration. The City Bus System is on-line at here.

NOTE TO ALL DRIVERS:

» Watch for messages related to Student Parking and Traffic Flow on the RCHS website, in the electronic Tuesday News and posted in RCHS's Main Office.

» Be courteous. Driving through residential areas on Poplar Street is discouraged.

» Do NOT park or pick up students at 1101 Building parking lot at the intersection of Cedar and Halifax.

Parking for Students in the Student Parking Lot:

1. Students who have applied for and purchased a Student Parking Permit may park in the Student Parking Lot in an assigned, numbered parking spot. Hang tag permits must be visible on the rear-view mirror.

2. Follow the enter and exit arrows into and out of the Student Parking Lot on Haynes St.

3. Enter the parking lot by lining up in the carpool drop-off lane on Cedar Street and then turning right onto Haynes St.

4. Exit the Student Parking Lot with a left turn onto Haynes and then turn right on to Cedar St.

5. Drive cautiously and courteously while joining vehicles leaving the Carpool Lane on Haynes St.

6. Drive cautiously and courteously while entering two-way traffic (from surrounding businesses) on Haynes, Cedar, and Halifax Streets.

CARPOOL LANE: West on Cedar Street alongside the Student Parking Lot.

Although the streets around RCHS are two-way streets and people working in local businesses travel in both directions on these streets, we encourage all RCHS parents and students to travel one-way in the following loop: north on Blount Street, west on Cedar Street, and south on Halifax Street. This provides the easiest pattern for access to carpool lanes and student parking.

MORNING Drop-Off: Best drop-off time is from 8:30 to 8:50.

Note: Encourage students to have belongings packed and ready for speedy removal when exiting a vehicle.

With driver exchanges or extended farewells, drivers should pull forward across the intersection of Haynes St. and Cedar St. and then park further along on Cedar St. Drivers should avoid entering from Halifax street in the afternoons. Instead, take Peace Street to Person Street (at Krispy Kreme) and then turn left onto Delway, then right onto Blount. Alternatively, take Wake Forest Road South, turn right onto Delway, and then right onto Blount Street.

Parents or students should not use the section of Harp Street that runs past the school parking lot or the little street that connects Harp and Haynes.

Two Options for AFTERNOON Pick-Up: School is dismissed at 2:35. Best pick-up time is from 2:35 to 2:50.

To submit your information to the Carpool database, click here.

Link to CAT bus website click here.