Transportation

Bus Information

All students in Gwinnett County are provided free bus transportation, contingent upon proper conduct. Students will be assigned a bus for the purpose of riding to and from school. Approval for students to ride another bus (not to exceed 10 consecutive school days) will be given only if the parent makes written request. If the student needs to ride an alternate bus permanently, the parent must fill out a Transportation Parent Authorization Form. The form is faxed to GCPS Transportation, and it is their discretion whether the request is approved or not. This process takes 24 hours. Children are to get off ONLY at their designated stop unless the parents have requested approval first. Students must keep a current transportation tag on their backpack, which includes, bus tags, car rider tags and/or daycare tags.

Children who go home with friends should do so only with written approval of their parents. Approval of any change of bus stop or transportation changes need to be in the form of a note signed by the parent, including date, bus numbers involved, address, and children involved. If not, all information is included, transportation changes will be denied.

Buses occasionally get behind schedule because of breakdowns or weather. Every effort to keep buses on schedule will be made. Plan to have your child ready to catch the bus ten minutes before and after the usual arrival time. It is the child’s responsibility to catch the bus daily. When students miss the bus from school to home, parents are contacted so they can make arrangements for transportation to the home. Only those listed as an emergency contact will be able to pick up students. It is very important that the school has current phone numbers in the event of an emergency. Please notify your child’s teacher immediately if there is any change in your contact information during the school year. Everyone picking up a student from school must have a photo ID.

Bus Discipline

The bus driver has the major responsibility for maintaining discipline. Bus drivers will attempt to settle any behavior problems first. If a student is a persistent behavior problem, a bus referral will be filed by the driver and turned into the school. Every effort will be made to correct misbehavior with mutual cooperation between the parents and the school.

Students can be suspended from riding the bus depending on the severity of the problem and/or the number of referrals. See the GCPS School Bus Rules web page for more details about Bus Discipline.

Car Rider Information

If your child does not ride the bus, you will need to complete a Transportation Parent Authorization form.  Those forms are available in English,  Spanish, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese. 

Car riders are to be dropped off/picked up in the car line in front of the gym. Assigned car rider decal must be displayed for permanent car riders. If you do not have your car rider decal, you will be required to show ID. Parents may not drop off children at other locations such as the front drive, by the crosswalk, or in the bus lane. Children are to only exit/enter cars by the assigned school employee stations. Staff members will not open or close doors of vehicles for students. Students must be able to independently unbuckle their seatbelts and open/close vehicle doors. Children in the car line are only to exit/enter on the curbside of the car. Parents be aware when exiting the car rider parking lot, you must turn right.

You may drop your child off between 7:45 a.m. and 8:10 a.m. (No supervision is provided for students prior to 7:45 a.m.). If you wish to have your child eat breakfast at school, they should be dropped off no later than 7:55 a.m. This will allow car riders ample time to eat breakfast, and be in class by 8:15 a.m. You must sign your child in at the front desk when they arrive after 8:15 a.m. Students are to be seated and ready to begin class by 8:15 a.m.

Car riders will be dismissed at 2:45 p.m. In order to change a student’s mode of transportation, a written note from the parent must be sent to the front office in the morning and include date, child involved, new mode of transportation, address, and parent contact information.

Students who are walkers will have an assigned tag that differs from a car rider tag. Only students with an assigned walker tag will be released as a walker.

Day Care Providers

If your child attends after school day care, you will need to complete a Transportation Parent Authorization form.  Those forms are available on this page in English,  Spanish, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese. 

Although we cannot endorse any individual facility, we have included a list of child care providers that provide transportation to and from our school.