Bus Route Information
Bus route information for the 2024-2025 school year will be available in the SMART tag™ Parent App starting July 31. If you are eligible, and wish to utilize DCSD busing in the coming school year, be sure to indicate this during the Express Check-In process.
As a reminder, DCSD will again be following a rolling cancellation bus schedule this year. This allows us to offer more bus routes, even with a driver shortage. As happened last year, for general education bus routes, each student’s route will be on for four weeks and then off for one week, with this schedule rotating throughout the school year. As a reminder this rolling cancellation schedule is for general education bus routes only. Special Education students who have transportation as a related service will not experience any route cancellations.
Rolling Bus Cancellation Schedule for 2024-2025
We are still working to finalize our bus routes, however, we wanted to give our families as much advanced information as possible regarding scheduled bus cancellations. Below is a link to bus routes, their cancellation weeks, and the schools assigned to these routes. Although you will not receive your child’s specific bus route number assignment until July 31, we recommend making any alternative arrangements if bus routes associated with your child’s school are on the list of cancellations scheduled for the first week of school.
Generally, DCSD school bus service will be available to the following:
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Elementary students who live approximately 1 mile or more from their assigned neighborhood school
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Middle and high school students who live approximately 2 miles or more from their assigned neighborhood school
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All eligible students with special needs, as well as homeless and foster children, and other eligible students as required by law
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Students that are open enrolled are not eligible for bus services. See Board Policy EEAA
General education students who are eligible will have a transportation link available at engaged.dcsdk12.org to request a new bus pass and make your transportation fee choice for the 2024-2025 school year. If you do not have this link, you may not be eligible for transportation. Please reach out to us to verify this information.
If you have any questions regarding DCSD bus transportation, please submit them through Let's Talk.