OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha families are getting early warning about school bus cutbacks scheduled to begin in fall 2017.

Letters were mailed last week to parents of students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade who could be affected.

Over the next several weeks, families whose eligibility for busing could change in 2017 — an estimated 1,800 students — will receive notices from the district. The notices will say that, based on the families’ current addresses, their students won’t be provided school bus rides to their current schools in the 2017-18 school year.

School officials say they want families to have plenty of time to absorb any busing shifts.

The school board approved the overhauled student assignment plan in June. The plan affects only elementary and middle school students.