Parent Tips |
Review the bus safety rules with your child. This is urgently important with Kindergarteners. These will be on the back of the bus registration card your child brings home. Please stress safe bus behavior. Please fill out bus registration cards completely. Write correct emergency information and update as needed. Please be at the bus stop for both AM and PM runs five minutes before arrival time. If you change addresses during the school year, you must notify the school with proof of address, who in turn notifies the Transportation Department in order for your child to be authorized to ride a different bus or board at a different stop. If you move out of the zone your child's school is in, transportation cannot be provided. Notes from home that are approved by the school are required for "courtesy" riders seeking one time transport on an unassigned bus. Courtesy rides are granted based on capacity and occupancy. Bus Stops for all children will be centrally located for all eligible riders in your area at the safest location. Please expect an approximate one third of a mile travel distance from home to bus stop. Routes will be published in the Wakulla two weeks before school starts or you can find them on our website. Remember, during the first few days of school, bus arrival times may vary as routes and roads are adjusted; please be patient. Your important phone number is (850) 926-7550. This is a direct line into busing dispatch, a very busy office running 46 buses. Please give your bus at least a ten minute grace period before calling. On occasion, a different bus or driver will pick up or deliver your child. This is due to the inspection schedule for buses and substitute drivers covering absences. |