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The CCSD Transportation Department would like to invite all incoming elementary students and their families to attend the “Back to School Busing Ride-A-Long” on Wednesday, August 20, 2025.  Your attendance at this event is not required, but “strongly recommended”; so your child can be better acclimated to the busing procedures and meet their bus driver prior to the first day of school.

What will happen at this event?

  1. Your child will meet their bus driver.
  2. You and your child will ride the exact route and be dropped off at your child’s bus stop (or you and your child can ride back to campus).  We recommend one parent ride the bus with your child and one meet the bus at the bus stop.
  3. Your child will become familiar with the bus route and know which stop to get off at on the first day of school.
  4. Your child will have the opportunity to see our new scan on/off system and practice.
  5. Your child will know where their bus will be parked at in the loading zone (there are many buses parked in this area so it can be confusing for young students).
  6. The bus rules and expectations will be explained to you and your child.

When is this event?

  • Wednesday, August 20, 2025
  • 5:50 PM (Heights and Hill parents and students will be directed to the shuttle buses by staff members, then shuttled to the loading zone)
  • 6:00 PM (View, Crest and Ridge parents and students will walk to the loading zone, staff members will help direct you to this location)
  • 6:20 PM all buses will depart to drive their routes with students and parents aboard and drop students and parents off at their assigned bus stop

Again, this event is optional but “strongly recommended”, especially for kindergarten students who this is their first experience riding a school bus.  Riding the bus for the first time can often be an “anxious” event for students and parents alike.  We truly hope you take advantage of this opportunity to better acclimate your child to the busing procedures and routes they will be riding in the upcoming year. The Bus Ride-Along is separate from the Great Start Conferences which are scheduled on August 20th and August 21st. Busing information can be found in your Transact account in mid August.  Please look for this information prior to this evening so that you know what bus to look for. If you have any questions about this event or other transportation related inquires contact the Transportation Department at 319-848-5204.