{"id":260975,"date":"2026-08-07T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260975\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T13:00:19","slug":"phillys-back-to-school-bus-tour-kicks-off-following-delay-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260975\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly\u2019s Back-to-School bus tour kicks off following delay \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may have taken a few days to reschedule due to rain, but on Friday, the School District of Philadelphia&#8217;s Back-to-School Bus Tour will kick off with a morning stop at Penrose School in the Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, the sixth annual Back-to-School Celebration and Bus Tour will roll through Penrose School, at 2515 South 78th Street in Southwest Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>During the morning, the district will bring back-to-school resources, Pre-K registration, free backpacks, games, frozen treats, and additional activities to the community. <\/p>\n<p>A stop planned for Monday at Martin Luther King High School was canceled due to inclement weather. But, there are several remaining stops on the tour following Friday&#8217;s celebration. <\/p>\n<p>Upcoming stops will be:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, August 11, 2026<br \/>Marcus Foster Memorial Stadium (Gratz Supersite)<br \/>1627 W. Hunting Park Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, August 15<br \/>Roosevelt Mall<br \/>2329 Cottman Avenue<br \/>Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the tour, organizers said, there will be &#8220;Mega-Events&#8221; organized in partnership with Comcast, Radio One, the City of Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, and Roosevelt Mall. <\/p>\n<p>For more details on the bus tour, including a schedule, the latest back-to-school updates, immunization opportunities, and other important information at <a href=\"http:\/\/philasd.org\/ringthebell\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"philasd.org\/ringthebell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">philasd.org\/ringthebell<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It may have taken a few days to reschedule due to rain, but on Friday, the School District&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,1998],"class_list":["post-260975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-school-district-of-philadelphia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}