Transportation

Bus Routes

Bus Route information will be available through Parent Portal on September 3, 2021.

Under your student's name, select the "Transportation Info" link on the left side. If do not remember your login credentials, please select the Need Your Login Information? option underneath where you would enter your PIN and Password. This will prompt you to supply your email address and your PIN and Password will be emailed to you.

Please note that due to new students enrolling throughout the year, pickup times are subject to change. Any bus changes throughout the year will be updated online.

Students should be waiting outside at their stop (not indoors) at least 5 minutes prior to pickup time. Ridership fluctuates daily based on after school sports/clubs and therefore the times listed as drop off are a baseline. For afternoon drop offs, families should note a 15-minute window prior to, and after, assigned stop time. Kindergarten and 1st grade students will be dropped off only if an older sibling on the bus or a guardian/authorized adult is at the stop to meet the child. If this is not the case, your child will be taken back to the schools latchkey program.

The new parent/guardian app for tracking your students bus, Stopfinder!

Kindergarten and First Grade Families

Dear Developmental Kindergarten, Kindergarten and First Grade families,

We are excited that your child will be at BHS this year and look forward to having those who are transportation eligible on our bus routes! 

It is the BHS transportation department’s practice not to drop off a kindergarten or first grade student at a bus stop without an older sibling on the bus or a guardian/authorized adult at the stop to meet the child. This is for the safety of the child.

We've adopted the following practice:

• If an adult is not present at the bus stop on time to meet the kindergarten/first grade child (and no sibling is on the bus to accompany the child off the bus), the driver will take the child to the school’s after school childcare (Kidz Zone) program at the end of the run.

• Our drivers are not authorized to return to a bus stop to see if an adult is present at a later time.

• Children will need to be picked up from the Kidz Zone at the child’s school. Please note that there is a fee for Kidz Zone, which is $15 for each occurrence and must be paid at pickup (payment can be made by cash, check, or credit card).

• Families will be notified once the child has arrived at Kidz Zone.

• Please note that a school bus may arrive up to ten minutes in advance of the published drop-off time if fewer students are on the bus that day. The Stopfinder app can help locate your child's bus and estimate it's arrival each day.

• Cleaning: Buses will be properly cleaned after the departure of the last child from each run once the bus has returned to the transportation garage. For buses with specialized transportation and equipment, bus aides and drivers will coordinate the wiping down of equipment upon entrance to the bus. Cleaning logs are maintained.
• Student Spacing: Social Distancing cannot be guaranteed on buses. Students will be spaced as far apart as possible, but some buses may have 2-3 children to a seat. The CDC does not require social distancing on buses due to the short duration of routes, and student proximity will be based on bus rider attendance.
• Air flow: Bus drivers, weather permitting, will keep roof hatches and windows open on the bus both in-route and when stopped, except when specified air conditioning is required for students with documented medical conditions. Keeping the windows open will allow for 40-60% of the air to be recycled.
• Hand Sanitizer: The use of hand sanitizer is required before entering the bus. Drivers will dispense hand sanitizer in each student’s hand as they enter the bus.
• Masking: The bus driver, staff, and all students will wear facial coverings while on the bus, unless a Facial Covering Exemption Form is on file. Disposable masks will be available at the entrance of the bus if a student has forgotten one.
• No Eating or Drinking: Students and staff must wear facial coverings at all times, therefore eating and drinking is not possible on the bus.
• Students cannot ride home on a different bus: Students are not permitted to ride home with one another (going home with a friend). This will support our contact tracing efforts.  

The Adams Road (from Square Lake to Long Lake) resurfacing project completion delayed until Spring 2022:
In early November, phase 1 will be complete and the road will reopen to two-way traffic. The project will resume in the spring and be completed by May 2022.