Bus Service

List of 5 items.

• Bus Routes & Schedules

  Bus Route Locations and Times 2020-21
  
  
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  To request a location for Walker to consider for future bus service, please fill out our Location Request Form.

• Registration and Permission Forms

  All forms can be loaded in your Walker Web Portal by contacting busing@thewalkerschool.org.  
  
  

• Bus Service Fees

  • Full Year One-Way - $650
  • Full Year Two-Way - $1300
  • Semester One-Way - $325
  • Semester Two-Way - $650
  • Drop in Service - $10 per ride

  Annual and semester fees will be billed to the student account. Drop-in service will be billed in the month following service.

• Drop-In Service

  Drop-in-Bus Service is offered on a space available basis.  Primary school students are not able to participate in the drop in program.  Drop-In service begins September 8, 2020.

  
  How to request Drop-In-Service:
  

  • For drop-in service, parents must complete the Bus Agreement Form. Please request the form prior to riding by emailing busing@thewalkerschool.org. Services must be requested by 12:00 pm the day prior to riding. 
  • Parents will receive an email confirming or denying the request based on availability.  Do not bring your child to the bus drop-off if your Drop-In request has not been confirmed via email.  Riders who have not been positively confirmed via email will not be allowed to ride the bus.
  • A completed Bus Permission Form must be on file for your students to participate in drop-in service.

  Parents will be billed $10/rider/occurrence in the month following drop-in participation.
  
  

• Bus Procedures and Code of Conduct

  Regular Riders Not Riding the Afternoon/Activity Bus

  If you have a change to your afternoon plans and do not want your child to ride the bus, please contact your Division Administrative Assistant by phone by 12pm on the day of the change. For PS-MS, please let the Administrative Assistant know if your child should be sent to carpool or after-school care. The Division Administrative Assistant will ensure that your child (grades 6-12) or their teacher (grades EL-5) is notified.

  
  Missing the Bus

  In the morning, the bus will leave promptly at the times stated. Please be on time.
  
  For afternoon bus pickup, Middle School and Upper School students should arrive promptly at the Lower School carpool circle. For activity bus pickup, please arrive promptly at the Middle School carpool circle. In the event that the student does not arrive on time to get on the afternoon (3:30) bus, the student may stay in afterschool care until the activity (6:15) bus departs (if space allows) or the parents may pick the student up from school. Middle School and Upper School students should notify the Main Building Receptionist that they missed the bus.

  
  In the event that the student does not arrive on time to get on the activity (6:15) bus, someone must come to pick the student up from school.

  
  Parent Late at Pick-Up

  Please make every effort to arrive timely to pick your student up from the bus stop.
  
  Riders will not be left alone at a pick-up.
  Parents may complete a Parent Permission Authorization Form so that another designated adult can pick-up a rider. If a parent or a designated adult is not at the drop-off location, riders will be retained on the bus and may be picked up at any subsequent stop.

  
  For the Afternoon (3:30) route, if the student has not been picked up after all stops are complete, the student will be returned to school and may be picked up at school or picked up during the Activity Bus (6:15) route by a parent or designated adult.

  
  For the Activity (6:15) route, if the student has not been picked up by the final stop, the bus driver will wait at the final stop until a parent or a designated adult arrives.