Transportation FAQ

No, the school will provide our office with the needed information. This applies to both public and non-public schools.

Contact your school. They need to keep student records up to date. The school will send your new address to each department that needs to be updated.

You can contact the bus contractor directly. Normally, a problem is taken care of immediately and does not happen again. If not, contact the transportation office and we will become involved. Or, you can contact us first and we will send the contractor a written complaint. Phone numbers for the contractors are available on the transportation page of the district web site.

You would need to contact the transportation office. If you are requesting a change to a bus stop, we require all requests in writing. Requests can be sent to us through the school office, email, our website or through the regular mail. The district guidelines are available through this web site and may answer other questions concerning bus stops.

There are no time limits set by law or regulations.

The law allows a school district to ask a child, regardless of age, to walk up to a mile and a half to a bus stop. The mile and a half is measured by public roads and does not include any private lane or walkway of the child's residence.

Yes. Transportation is a privilege, not a right. School Administrators do have the right to suspend a child from use of the school bus service for inappropriate behavior. Please refer to the DASD Code of Conduct for appropriate school bus behaviors: AG 6: School Bus Rules and Regulations

Today's school bus is designed to strict federal and state regulations in order to provide the safest form of transportation in the United States. Every year each school bus used in transporting school students is subject to two (2) official PA State Inspections. In addition, the Pennsylvania State Police conduct one scheduled inspection of all buses each year, and periodically perform surprise inspections. Also, each driver is required to visually inspect his or her bus and to complete a “safety check” prior to the start of each trip.