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WISD Transportation
631b Solon Rd.
Waxahachie, TX 75165
Phone: (972) 923-4632
Fax: (972) 923-4743
Gary Coffey -
Transportation Department Supervisor
Now that
'Plan C'
has been approved by
our school board for the 2008-2009 school year, the project of
updating our Street Search, Street Index, routes, maps and
Regular Bus Rider information may begin. There will be new
schools, new routing, new eligibility areas to develop. I am in
the process of those updates now and will post changes as soon
as they are approved and finalized.
Zoom to new In-Town pdf map.
*Route changes for the
2008-09 year.*
(Check this link for
stops and times later in the summer.
Remember, The new year
will see kindergarteners in Shackelford and Felty zones
attending those campuses instead of Marvin school.
*Route changes for the
2007-08 year.*
(Check this link for stops and times
on the following routes; 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53,
55, 58, 59, 60, 62, 66, 68, 70.)
Wedgeworth In-Town Bilingual
streets for 44.
More
forms? *v*See more
download links below.*v*
Click on "Bus Information"
above to view elementary attendance zones and New!
secondary ineligible areas maps or use our "Street
Search" above to view a specific street and campus.
Please check channels 4, 5,
or 8 or listen to KBEC - 1390 AM for weather delay information. Follow this link:
http://www.wxnation.com/dallasfortworth
and scroll
down to
"School Closings"
near the bottom of the page. You can check all TV
station links from there.
Applications
for employment with the WISD may be completed on-line
at
www.wisd.org.
Then select Human Resources and set up an
account/password. All applications are received
at the Administration office, not at the individual
departments, for verification.
Reminder:
Clothing, etc. left on buses will be donated to a
charitable organization. Teach children to keep up
with their belongings!
Daylight Savings Changes for 2007
- 2015
Office
hours on school days are 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM during the school year,
except holidays and early release days. On early release days
the office is closed by 4:00 PM. Office hours on non-school
business days
are 6:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday thru Thursday and closed on
Fridays and holidays during the summer. To reach
Transportation staff please refer to our
Contacts
link above.
There will be many changes to
routes as the new schools come into alignment for the 08-09
school year. Please use
the
Street Search (above) for current bus route
eligibility. Check it often as streets are
constantly being added or reassigned to different
routes.
Contracts are printable from this site,
either under Printable Documents (upper left) or under Bus
Information (top), or they are available on your campus.
Copy your contracts and return them to your appropriate campus.
They
will forward them to us.
We require
a 3-school-day waiting period on
all bus
contracts, once they are received at the Transportation
office, before students may begin to ride. This
is necessary to verify the information with each
school's database, correct contract errors, assign
buses, notify drivers of new or reactivated stops,
have a chance to hear from parents or schools about
stops and times and update route descriptions for
sub-drivers.
Sometimes routes may change to the point
that we have to send out letters to other parents that
their children's stops, buses or times will have to
change as a result. We must make every
effort to do that which is safest for our children.
Please understand the need to have timely, accurate
communications in all directions where it affects our
children. If your student's address changes, please change
it at school (in SASI) before submitting a new
bus contract.
Have alternate transportation
arrangements in place if children miss their bus.
Should we not feel comfortable transporting your child
due to missing or conflicting information, he/she will
be left at or returned to their primary school campus.
In-town bus stops are 1/4 mile or less apart.
As a result, we will not move these stops or create new
stops in these areas. Out of town buses should check
with Transportation a day or more before expecting to begin
riding after bus contracts have been received in our offices to
be sure stops are active. Buses will visit the same stops every
day as practical. Kindergarten parents/guardians need to
communicate with their school office about safety
practices regarding their children being transported to and
from school and home. The school can tell you when your child is
eligible to ride but still check with us to be sure your stop is
active.
You may
only use your registered home address for eligibility
to transport your child on a WISD school bus as
specified by the TEA. Check our
Street Search [Find out what bus
goes to what schools from your street!]
for more specific
details.
Download Links:
Have a great school year.
Download
Kids, the School Bus & You
Important Reading (2
pages)
Download
08-09 Pdf Bus Contract
Download
Staff Student Courtesy Transfer Pdf Form.
Do not open the
Download
forms in your browser to print. Right
Click on them and select "Save Link As" to your desk
top. It is faster for our server and will
keep you from waiting extensive times to open them for
printing or viewing. Thanks.
Field Trip Costs
& trip procedures (follow this link
to "Field
Trip Request" form.)
Last Update
04/30/2008 |