Transportation Forms & Letters

All transportation questions, concerns or requests for change should be directed to the District Transportation Office:

Transportation Guidelines

The School Bus Is An Extension of the Classroom and, As Such, Is Ruled By the District's Discipline Policies (Policy #218)

Bus transportation is provided for qualified students. Students are encouraged to ride their bus. However, students may walk, ride a bicycle, or be brought or picked up in a car by the student’s parent or guardian.

Because safety is a major concern of the district, all parties must cooperate to develop proper bus riding habits. Guidelines for developing and promoting safety include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. It is expected that the student be at his/her assigned bus stop five (5) minutes before the scheduled departure as the driver must maintain a rigid schedule and cannot wait for tardy riders. In the event the bus has not arrived within fifteen (15) minutes of the scheduled departure, students may return home. The district transportation office (944-7235) should be notified. Kindergarten students need a responsible adult to be at the bus stop for pick up and drop off.

  2. Students are to get on and off their assigned bus at their designated bus stop. Parents requesting that their child(ren) be allowed to get off the bus at a different stop or for permission for their child(ren) to ride a bus other than the one assigned, must submit a request, in writing, to the building principal (or designee) for elementary students or the district transportation coordinator in the Business Office for secondary students, at least one day in advance, when possible. Acceptable reasons for such requests are:
    1. if the student’s parents are out of town
    2. if the parents are working late and notify the transportation office
    3. in case of an emergency

    Spending the evening at a friend’s, going to a dance, going to work, playing games, or doing school projects/homework elsewhere are not legitimate reasons.

  3. Babysitter/second stops are permitted for students in grades K-6 only (am & pm stops must be the same). Babysitter stops must be located within the attendance boundaries of the school which your child is enrolled and will be assigned on a bus route with and established stop, after all home stop needs are met.

  4. When boarding the bus, all students are to wait until the approaching school bus comes to a complete stop. A single line should then be formed and students are to enter the bus one at a time.

  5. Once inside the bus, all students are to immediately take their seats and are to remain seated until reaching their destination. After the bus has made a complete stop, students may leave their seats.

  6. When exiting the bus, all students must exercise extreme caution in following the directions of the driver.

  7. Only the bus driver may give permission to open and close the windows as she/he deems necessary. When windows are open for ventilation, hands, arms, and heads are to remain inside the bus windows. Nothing may be thrown out of the windows.

  8. Only students with assigned bus stops may ride the bus to and from school.

  9. Eating, drinking, gum/tobacco chewing, and/or smoking are prohibited on the bus.

  10. To insure safety on the bus, the following are examples of items students are prohibited from having or using on the bus:
    1. Live animals, gun/firearms, explosives, squirt guns, glass items, bicycles, skis and poles or anything of a dangerous or objectionable nature are not permitted on the bus.
    2. The use of electronic equipment such as Walkmans, large and small radios, tape recorders, etc. is prohibited on the bus.
    3. The driver has the authority to refuse to allow students to carry onto the bus any item that can not comfortably fit on one’s lop or are potentially dangerous items. Parents should make other arrangements to transport such items if they are necessary for school work.
    4. Only those musical instruments that can be held on the lap or between the knees should be carried onto the bus. Instruments are not to be removed from their carrying case while on the way to or from school. Snare drums, baritone horns, and baritone saxophones may not be transported on the school bus.

  11. Gym bags, band instruments, or any school project may not be placed in aisles or areas near the entrance or emergency doors, and such items will not be allowed on the bus unless the can be held on the pupil’s lap without endangering his/her safety or the safety of others.

  12. Rules of courtesy should be followed at all times.

  13. A Bus Conduct Report form will be issued when the bus driver deems necessary. Disciplinary action will be initiated by the building principal and will be communicated to the parents.

Title 18 of the P.A. Consolidated Statues Section 1, 5517
Unauthorized school bus entry.

  1. Offense defined. - A person who enters a school bus without prior authorization of the driver or a school official with intent to commit a crime or interfere with the driver or a person who enters a school bus without prior authorization of the driver or a school official who refuses to disembark after being ordered to do so by the driver commits a misdemeanor of the third degree. Punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and up to one year in prison.

  2. Notice. - A school district may place a notice at the entrance of the school bus that warns against unauthorized entry.

Please bring any issues or concerns involving the school bus or school bus driver to the transportation department.