Transportation
Bus Schedule Changes / Contact Information / General Information / School Bus Stopping Laws (1, 2)
Welcome to the Pennridge School District Transportation Department web page. We hope you find the information on this web page helpful. Please use one of the methods below to contact us with any questions or concerns regarding your child?s transportation to and from school.
Contact Information
Director of Transportation Denise McCue
You may contact the Transportation Department in one of the following ways:
Email
The Transportation Department can be contacted by email at transport@pennridge.org.
Questions, concerns or transportation needs will be investigated in a timely manner and a response will be given via email. Please give as many facts as possible within your email to enable the staff to reply thoroughly. School start up time this is the best line of communication. Use the email adress above it you want to send a "Kudos Letter" to a bus driver or the department.
Telephone
Please call 215-453-2725 between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. on days when school is in session. When school is closed, the office hours are 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.. If no one answers, please leave an informative message and someone will return your call as soon as possible. Investigation needs as many facts as possible to be supplied in this initial phone call to enable us to have information together when we return your phone call.
U.S. Mail
Pennridge School District Transportation Department, 1506 North Fifth Street, Perkasie, PA 18944
Fax
The Transportation Department fax number is (215) 257-4574.
General Information
Pupil transportation is an important part of the school program. Maintaining order on school buses requires the cooperation of pupils, parents, teachers, principals and bus drivers. Transportation of students is provided by the Pennridge School District in accordance with State Regulations and District Policies. Transportation of students is a privilege, not a right.
Rules and Regulations
Pupils are to board the bus only at designated bus stops approved by the School Board. Buses will only stop at authorized stops. While supervision of pupils at the bus stop is primarily the responsibility of parents/guardians any misconduct is subject to school disciplinary action. It is strongly recommended that parents be at the bus stop in the morning and afternoon for elementary aged students, especially in the lower grades.
Pupils must be at the bus stop locations ten (10) minutes before the scheduled pick-up time and must avoid playing or fighting while waiting for the bus. Pupils should wait a minimum of one-half hour (30 minutes) for late arriving buses during inclement weather and in case of breakdowns. Pupils should wait for their bus at a reasonable and safe distance from the edge of the highway at their bus stop and should not move toward the bus until the bus had stopped completely and the door opens. Pupils who cross a road to board their bus must wait for their driver to direct them AND CHECK TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS THEMSELVES before walking onto the road. It cannot be assumed that it is safe to cross even though the red lights are flashing. Pupils must walk IN FRONT of the bus at a distance where they are completely visible (approximately 10 feet) to the driver when they cross the highway.
The bus driver may assign each pupil a regular seat on the bus so that pupils may enter or leave the bus with minimum of disturbance to others.
Pupils will express their ideas and opinions in a respectful manner without offending or slandering others and without using profane or unacceptable language.
The bus driver will not permit pupils to ride buses to which they are not assigned. IN emergency cases pupils can request to ride home on a bus than their assigned bus, providing they have written permission from their parents, guardian, and must be approved by the Principal and or the Director of Transportation.
Transportation privileges can be suspended or revoked if the behavior of a pupil or a group infringes on the rights of other individuals, interferes with the bus driver’s ability to maintain control of the bus or endanger the lives of other passengers. During the period of time a pupil is suspended from riding the school bus, the parents or guardians are responsible for having the pupil transported to and from school for regular classes and for any other school-related function. ALL transportation privileges are denied during a bus suspension.
Important Parent Information
If a stop is not used for two weeks, it will be removed from our run and your student(s) will be assigned to the closest available stop. It may be reinstated if it will be consistently used and we're notified in writing via email or mail. Occasional riders will need to use the closest available stop to which they are assigned to make the runs more cost efficient.
Letter to Parents
Lansdale Catholic/Christhopher Dock Parent Information
Changes to 2011-2012 Private Schools
Page last modified 07/14/2011
