Although you may choose to open enroll your child in another school, transportation outside of the school boundary area in which you live is a parent responsibility.

Our District has been divided into school boundary areas for each school. Please coordinate with your day care provider to ensure that your child gets to or from the school bus stop.Ĭan you transport my child to a school outside our school boundary area? To qualify for bus transportation, the day care provider’s address must be within the boundary area and outside of the walking area for that school.

There are numerous factors to be considered in relocating a school bus stop, and we may not be able to meet all your request.Ĭan my child catch a school bus from day care? You can submit a bus stop request online at. What can I do if I don’t like the location of a bus stop?

The centralized stop allows more students to be picked up at one time thereby being more efficient and less costly. In areas where walking conditions are acceptable, students are required to be picked up at centralized stops. The school bus drives right past my house, why can’t the school bus stop to pick up my child/children? School bus stops are established using several factors including age of students, walking conditions, walking distance to the stop and road accessibility. In addition a school bus driver is subject to driving record review, drug/alcohol tests (including pre-employment and random testing), and Department of Transportation (DOT) physicals. The school district requires employees to be fingerprinted and have a criminal background check. What kind of screening process do drivers go through to make certain they are qualified to be around children? The school bus is the safest form of ground transportation in the world. In addition, the buses are inspected by District personnel on a scheduled basis and serviced routinely. School buses are thoroughly inspected by the Washington State Patrol (WSP) twice a year.

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