Any student who lives more than one-half mile from the school they attend is eligible to ride the bus.

The bus stop will be within a quarter of a mile of a student’s home. While we do not do “door-to-door” service, we will make the stops as convenient as safety and efficiency allows. Where several students live in an area, they may need to be at a centrally-located bus stop. This applies to all students K-12.

Yes, in most cases, we can do this. You must call the Transportation Office to make this arrangement. We cannot, however, accommodate groups (i.e. birthday parties).

We will do what we can to accommodate daycare situations, with some restrictions, to ensure the child’s safety. We require one drop-off location for each student. We cannot drop them at home on some nights and at daycare other nights. Many parents have varied work schedules and this may not be convenient. However, we cannot keep track of those schedules for hundreds of students and younger students cannot be expected to remember which night they go where. We do not want to drop a student at a location where they are not expected. The drop-off location must be consistent every night. We can be more flexible for the morning pick-up. Be sure to call the Transportation Office for any daycare arrangements or changes. In case of an emergency, when no one can be at the designated stop, call the Transportation Office to make arrangements.

In most cases, when a bus is going to pick-up or drop-off a student, the overhead yellow lights will start flashing several hundred feet before the bus stops. When the bus stops, the overhead red flashing lights will come on. When you see the yellow lights flash, slow down and prepare to stop. When the red lights come on, you must be stopped.

In some special cases, we do not use the overhead lights when we stop for students. If no students are crossing the road and the bus can get completely off the road, as is the case on M-44, we may use the 4-way hazard lights instead of the overhead lights. In this case, a motorist should slow down and proceed with caution past the stopped bus.