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Daily Bus Coverage Dashboard
Access for school-based staff to see the day's bus coverage list.

Bus Ticket Requests
Request regular bus tickets for in-zone students.

Specialized Bus Requests
Submit requests for specialized transportation for ESE students (STS requests).

School Bus Evacuation Drills
Instructions & forms for completing state-mandated semi-annual evacuation drills.

Field Trips
Submit a field trip request (with Bus Operator) or check the status of an existing request.

School-Based Buses
Request use of a school-based bus (with approved activity driver) or check an existing request.

Approved Charter Bus Companies
Link to the active list of approval status for charter bus companies.

Bus Stop Locator Tool
Look up the locations of existing non-ESE bus stops by address.

Transportation Info & Form Links for School Admins
Resources & Quick Links for School-Based Admin

School FAQs

�� We have a newly-enrolled student who needs to ride the bus. How do we get them assigned to one?

�� A bus driver is refusing to accept a Principal's Bus Ticket. What can we do?

Effective with the 2023-2024 school year, Principal's Bus Tickets have been classified as obsolete.

Whenever possible, a bus ticket request should be submitted before 12:00pm (noon) to have a student added to a bus route. In most cases, these requests can be ready same-day for PM transport when submitted before the noon cutoff.

As a last resort, principals are now able to issue a Single-Use Bus Pass, which you can read more about HERE, as well as download a copy.

�� Last year we got 2 emails preceding every field trip, and this year we're only getting 1 email per week. How can I check the status of my field trips?

Please familiarize yourself with this Dashboard, and be sure to bookmark it for reference throughout the school year. This link can and should be shared to anyone on your staff who is involved in requesting or planning field trips or school-based bus trips. We encourage you to consider this dashboard your 1-stop-shop for all the most commonly sought information regarding all types of activity trips!

Activity Trip Status Dashboard

Confirmation Emails

For the past couple of years, we've sent out 2 emails for every field trip request—one confirming that a driver has been scheduled, and one a few days before the trip with reminders about creating passenger rosters for your trip. Now that the volume of trip requests is back to pre-pandemic levels, however, sending this many emails is putting a huge time strain on our field trip coordinator. Please note the following changes being made to the trip confirmation process, starting in the 23-24 school year:

We are completely eliminating the first email confirmation, the one that told you when we had successfully secured a driver for your trip. Schools will be independently responsible for locating this information on your own, on the Activity Trip Status Dashboard. If you don't see your trip on the Dashboard, it means we have *not* received your request. Please check the Dashboard first for all trip-related status information.
The second email, which you have been receiving a few days before your trip, will become a once-weekly group email, sent every Friday (or the last work day of the week, if Friday is a day off), showing all field trips scheduled for the following week. This email will also contain a reminder about passenger rosters and a blank copy of the passenger roster form, as we have been doing. A blank copy of the passenger roster form has also been attached to this email. This form will continue to be completed prior to every trip, and ready to be handed to the bus driver prior to any students boarding the field trip bus.
Please do not wait until the "Friday before" email to take notice of your trip status! It is our goal to have drivers assigned to all trips about 2 weeks prior to the trip, whenever possible, and this status will show on the Dashboard. If you know you have requested a trip, check the Dashboard early and often, to ensure your request hasn't been eaten by the Liquid Forms Gremlins!