For the parents of kids at PS 51, the move from a contaminated building in Bedford Park to the St. Martin of Tours building in Crotona has been mostly smooth, with some minor hiccups.

Parent Stephanie Gonzalez said school buses were an hour late on the morning of the first day of school, but that the buses have been on time in the mornings since. Anthony Rivera said his brother had gotten a school bus at 2:50 p.m. and got home at 4:10, despite the new location being just two miles from the old one.

A Department of Education spokesperson said the DOE has not received any formal complaints about the school. PS 51 Parent Coordinator Helena Ortiz said the issues with bus scheduling had been worked out after the first week. She added that matters like air conditioning or when kids got back home once they were on the bus were handled by the bus company, and not by the school.

For Gonzalez, the new location is a burden she would rather not bear. The move means a much earlier start to her day. She went from living across the street from her daughter’s school, to 20 minutes away in a car. Now, she says she wants to transfer her daughter to nearby PS 8 on Briggs Avenue. Gonzalez said her daughter was put on a waiting list.

It’s not clear whether PS 51 parents looking to transfer their kids to another school will get priority. “If [schools] don’t have seats, they don’t have seats,” said Ortiz.

Other parents picking up their kids at the new building, which formerly housed the Catholic elementary school St. Martin of Tours, said they were happy as long as their kids were happy.

“The kids really enjoy the building,” said Elka Santiago, while picking up her second grade son.

“So far, the neighborhood has accepted us,” said parent Valerie Francis.

Francis’ daughter, Sri, a third grader at PS 51, said the school’s paint job is ugly, and that there are too many stairs. She laments having to walk up to the fourth floor, but said she was happy with everything else.

PS 51, also called the Bronx New School, was forced to move last month after DOE tests confirmed dangerously high levels of trichloroethylene at the Jerome Avenue location that had housed the school for nearly two decades. The substance is an industrial solvent said to cause kidney and liver problems and may be tied to cancer.

The DOE knew about the presence of the toxin since at least March, but only alerted parents in early August. The news prompted anger from parents who questioned why they weren’t informed sooner.