A message from the Director of Transportation

Dear Parents:

The Big Spring Independent School District provides bus transportation to and from school as a courtesy service for eligible students residing in the District.  The State of Texas prescribes the conditions governing school bus operations and funds the service by allotting the District a given amount for eligible students transported.

Eligible students are defined by State statute as those residing in the District at least two miles from the school they should attend, as measured by the nearest practical route.  The nearest practical route is the nearest traveled public road which may or may not be the road used by the school bus.  Address eligibility is continually audited year round.  When an address is found to be ineligible (because of street openings, construction changes, etc.) notification will be made as soon as possible with a grace period allowed for parents to locate alternate means of transportation.

In order to meet the conditions outlined by the State and provide safe, prompt movement of eligible students, the School District has adopted standard regulations and procedures and has provided restrictive measures for violations of the rules.  They are herein outlined for your information and for the guidance of your child.

The School District is pleased to provide transportation for its eligible students and solicits your assistance in helping create a safe, healthy operation.  You may do so by reading the material on this webpage and acknowledge receipt by completing and returning the Rider's Contract to the bus driver.  We ask your cooperation with school personnel in developing proper behavior patterns for those pupils who ride buses.  If you have Kindergartners, we need you to be at their stop early.  We turn them over to an adult and if no one is at the stop, they stay on the bus and end up at the bus barn. (Not to Day Care, Baby Sitters, Grandparents, or any other place.)

If you should need information concerning bus routes, call the Transportation Office at 264-4108.

Thank you,
Wayland Pierce
Transportation Director