The District provides transportation to and from school for students based on the state approved guidelines for reimbursement. Those guidelines indicate that elementary students who live 1.5 or more miles from the school and middle and high school students who live 2 or more miles from their schools are eligible to ride District transportation. Eligible students are assigned to a specific bus and a specific bus stop. 
 
A parent request to change a bus stop must be submitted to the building principal on the appropriate form. The principal will forward this request to the Transportation Department where a final decision is made regarding each request. Parents are notified in writing as to the approval or disapproval of the request. While the District will make every effort to accommodate requests for bus stop changes due primarily to babysitting arrangements, parents are advised that a student may not be assigned to two different buses.
 
Students are to be at their assigned bus stops at least five minutes prior to the time assigned for that stop. Rules and guidelines for riding school buses and vans are published in each building’s student handbook. 
 
Students who do not abide by these rules will be reported to the principal on a Bus Incident Report. Based on the severity and number of offenses, the principal will assign a disciplinary consequence to the student, which could include a suspension of bus riding privileges.

Board Policies 810 and 810.1 pertain to transportation issues. Policy 810.1 indicates that video cameras are placed on school buses to ensure that student behavior is consistent with the established bus rules. A notice is posted on each District bus notifying riders they are subject to video/audio surveillance.