EVIT Transportation 2026-27: Bus or Carpool? | Carpool-Q

EVIT carpool guide: who gets a bus, and how to share the drive if you don't

Checked October 15, 2026. Next check: April 2027. 2027-28 applications open November 1, and next year's busing isn't decided.

EVIT's transportation page says it in capital letters: "EVIT does NOT provide transportation for students taking the AM 4-hour block." Every other session depends on your district, and if there's no bus for yours, EVIT transportation is your job.

This guide is from Carpool-Q, an app that keeps one shared schedule for families who already drive together. We don't run buses or match families, and we're not part of EVIT.

Painted illustration of a sunny late-morning driveway in an Arizona desert suburb. A teenager with car keys gets into the driver's seat of a sedan while two classmates with backpacks, one in navy scrubs and one carrying a tool bag, walk over to ride along.

EVIT transportation in 2026-27: who gets a bus

This is 2026-27 only. The busing deal between EVIT and the districts runs one year, so 2027-28 may look different.

EVIT bus by district, 2026-27
DistrictWho runs the bus to EVITHow a student gets a seatNotes
AM 4-hour blockNo EVIT bus, any district.
Apache JunctionWindstar Lines, for EVITEVIT's request survey, then the waitlist. A student rides only the session they were approved for.Apache Junction High has PM buses only. No AM bus to either campus.
ChandlerWindstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.Chief Hill Learning Academy has a PM bus to Main Campus only. Several Chandler schools load away from the front office; EVIT's page lists where.
Fountain HillsWindstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.AM bus to Main Campus only. No PM bus, and no bus to Power Campus.
HigleyWindstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.Higley High and Williams Field have AM and PM buses to both campuses.
J.O. CombsWindstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.Combs High has AM and PM buses to both campuses.
Queen CreekWindstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.Crismon, Eastmark and Queen Creek High have AM and PM buses to both campuses. Pickup spots are listed on EVIT's page.
Tempe Union (the high school district)Windstar Lines, for EVITSame: survey, waitlist, approved session only.Tempe High: no PM bus to either campus. Mountain Pointe and McClintock: no PM bus to Power Campus. Marcos de Niza: no bus to Power Campus.
Cave CreekCave Creek's own busesCall Cave Creek transportation: 480-575-2080.EVIT's FAQ says Cave Creek buses to the 2.5-hour programs. For 4-hour programs, ask your school.
MesaMesa's own busesMountain View, Mesa, Westwood, Dobson and Mesa Vista: 480-472-6100. Red Mountain, Skyline and Boulder Canyon: 480-472-8950. Special education: 480-472-0160.Mesa buses to the 2.5-hour programs. For 4-hour programs, ask your school.
ScottsdaleScottsdale's own busesCall Scottsdale transportation: 480-484-8553.Scottsdale buses to the 2.5-hour programs. For 4-hour programs, ask your school.
GilbertNot EVIT, says EVIT's transportation page. Gilbert is on its list of districts EVIT doesn't bus.Call Gilbert transportation: 480-497-3311.EVIT's FAQ names Desert Hills High as busing to the 2.5-hour programs. EVIT's August announcement listed Gilbert as a Windstar district, so call before you plan.
Other ways there (any district)Valley Metro bus and light railA student who drives can buy a $60 parking permit at EVIT's bookstore.Or share the drive: see Finding families.

Source: EVIT's transportation page (opens in a new tab), checked October 15, 2026. Windstar questions: EVIT@gowindstar.com or (602) 844-1118. Departure times for each high school are in EVIT's table; PM buses leave between 10:35 and 11:35 a.m.

If you searched before you landed here, one warning. EVIT's general FAQ still says your home district provides transportation for morning and afternoon sessions, and its How It Works page says every 4-hour program needs its own ride. The transportation page is the current one, and it rules out only the AM 4-hour block. If your student is in a PM 4-hour program, ask Windstar or your district before you count on a bus.

View from a car's back seat over a teenage driver's shoulder at midday in the East Valley, one hand on the wheel and a woven bracelet on the wrist, as a wide palm-lined road runs toward jagged desert mountains.
Midday in the East Valley, on the drive home from a half-day session.

Finding families on your session

Start in the EVIT Carpools group on Facebook, the one EVIT's transportation page links to. It's private, so you ask to join. The group asks every post to name your high school, your campus and your session. Add a fourth line and a match gets much easier.

Looking for an EVIT carpool.
High school: ______
Campus: Main or Power
Session: AM or PM
Days we can drive: ______ (our student does / doesn't drive)

Your high school matters more than your street. PM buses leave the high schools between 10:35 and 11:35 in the morning, the hour most working parents can't get away. For a PM carpool, the driver with the most free time may be a junior or senior with a license and a parking permit.

Once you have two or three families

Carpool-Q app screen showing one week of the carpool "EVIT PM, Power Campus". Drop-off is 11:45 AM and pickup 2:35 PM. Monday, Laura Ortiz drives both; Tuesday, Ben Hale drives both; Wednesday, Priya Desai drives both, and Nora is marked not riding; Thursday, Laura Ortiz drives both; Friday, Ben Hale drives both.
Example week: a PM carpool to Power Campus. Made-up families.

The group finds the families. Carpool-Q keeps the week once you have them.

  • One shared week on every family's phone, with a driver for each drop-off and pickup.
  • Mark a rider "not riding" for a day, or swap a day, and every family sees it.
  • If tomorrow has no driver, the whole carpool gets an alert the evening before.

Your student can see the week, including who's driving, on their own phone with a view-only account linked to yours.

Set up your carpool's schedule

Each family starts with 14 days free. You invite the others by email or a text from the app.

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Ready to post? Ask to join the EVIT Carpools group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/701767322707971 (opens in a new tab)

Splitting the driving

EVIT sessions don't move all year, so fixed days work well: each family takes the same day every week. Five days won't split evenly between three families, so fix three and rotate the other two. Over three weeks, everyone drives five times.

Three-family driving rotation over three weeks
WeekMonTueWedThuFri
Week 1Family AFamily BFamily CFamily AFamily B
Week 2Family AFamily BFamily CFamily BFamily C
Week 3Family AFamily BFamily CFamily CFamily A

Print it as a free printable carpool schedule (no account needed). More on the options in How to Split Driving Duties Fairly.

Agree on these before the first drive

What to agree on, and where it lives
What to agreeWhere it lives once you've agreed
Who drives which days. Fixed days, or the rotation above.The shared week shows the driver for each drop-off and pickup, on every family's phone.
Sick days. Riders tell the driver by a set time.Mark the rider "not riding" for that day. The driver sees it on the schedule.
A driver who can't make it. They tell the group by a set time the night before.Swap the day with another family. If nobody is on it by the evening before, the whole carpool gets an alert.
Gas. Trade days evenly and nobody pays, or riders pay a set amount each week. Both work; leaving it unsaid doesn't.In your group text. The app doesn't handle money.
Pickup spot. At Main Campus, EVIT asks parents to use the Bistro 13 building east of the fence, or to meet off campus. Pick one.Pinned in your group text.
A bus seat opens mid-year. A student may leave the carpool for it. Agree on the notice.Once they've gone, remove the rider from the carpool.

More on sick days in How to Handle Carpool No-Shows.

Two teenagers seen from behind at a desert curb on a bright afternoon, one in navy medical scrubs with a backpack, the other in work boots holding a red tool bag, as a silver sedan pulls up toward them.
Scrubs, a tool bag and one ride home.

Applying for 2027-28?

Applications open November 1, 2026. Work out the drive before you pick a session, and don't count on this year's buses. Check EVIT's page again in spring, and post in the carpool group early in summer.

When the families are set, put the week where all of them can see it. The family listed as driver gets a reminder before each drive, if they've turned on notifications.

Each family has its own account: 14 days free, then $1.99 a month per family. You invite the other families by email or a text from the app.

Set up your carpool's schedule
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Not ready for an app? Get the free printable carpool schedule (no account needed).

Carpool-Q is not affiliated with EVIT. Bus details on this page come from EVIT's transportation page, checked October 15, 2026. Next check: April 2027.