Transportation Services
Quality Bus Service LLC
504 Route 42, Sparrowbush
PHONE: 845-858-2150
FAX: 845-858-2160
Approximately 2,600 students are transported
daily to Port Jervis schools. The school district contracts with
Quality Bus Service, a private company, for school bus
transportation. Bus stops and routes are cooperatively planned
by Quality Bus Service and the district.
Quality provides buses, drivers, maintenance, and training. The
company has an exceptional safety record and exceeds state
requirements for equipment, driver history, criminal clearance, and training.
Click here
to learn more about Quality Bus Service.
Drivers reminded to stop
when school buses load/unload
Operation Safe Stop reinforces bus safety
rules
On
April 18, the Port Jervis City Police Department
is partnering with Quality Bus Service and the Port Jervis
City School District to participate in the annual NY
State Operation Safe Stop.
Operation Safe Stop is a cooperative enforcement effort
designed to draw public awareness to the problem of motor
vehicles passing stopped school buses while actively engaged in
loading and discharging student passengers.
Police
Officers throughout New York State increase
enforcement efforts on Operation Safe Stop day during the times
school buses are transporting students.
In Port Jervis, the Police Department will deploy additional
police patrols along school bus routes April 18 to ensure that
motorists are in compliance with state law.
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Closing/Delay
Information for Satellite Schools
The
complete list of radio stations & web sites that
announce closings/delays/early release announcements for
the private and satellite schools attended by Port
Jervis students is available by clicking the above box.
This box is also posted on the District Home Page and
all school web pages.
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TRANSPORTATION FORMS
For your convenience,
transportation forms can be sent to school with your child or
dropped off at your child's school office. All forms -
except for requests to change assigned bus routes - can also be
faxed to the transportation office at 845-858-2160. Requests to
change assigned bus routes must be approved by your child's
principal. (See bus rules below.)
Private School Transportation Calendar
(2012-13)
Quality Bus Service, under the direction of the Port Jervis City
School, District transports students enrolled in private
school in accordance with the district’s calendar and policy.
Parents are responsible for transporting their children to
school on days the Port Jervis School District is not in
session. This includes in-service days.
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS
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Bus Safety tips for
Kindergarten Students & Parents
Click here to see how you can
help to prepare your child to
become a safer rider.
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Bus Transportation Form for Kindergarten Students
The Port Jervis City School District Policy mandates that
kindergarten
students must be put on and taken off the bus by a
parent/guardian
or responsible individual authorized by the
parent/guardian in writing.
If you are unable to be at the stop to take your child
off the bus,
we need to know who is authorized by you to meet your child.
Please complete this form and return it to the Transportation
Department or School Office as soon as possible.
Click here to download the Bus Permission Form for Kindergarten
Students.
BUS RULES AND REGULATIONS
The school district considers the school bus an "extension" of
the classroom. To ensure the safety of everyone riding on the
bus, students should conduct themselves according to the
established standards of classroom behavior. Parents are asked
to help bus drivers maintain safety and order by reviewing the
Bus Rules and Regulations with their children.
CHANGES TO ASSIGNED BUS ROUTS
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One-time change
(Must be for five consecutive days)
Effective September 2009, the district will no longer approve
one-day changes to bus routes. The decision to prohibit students
from switching buses was made for safety reasons. Last year, the
number of same-day requests for afternoon bus changes reached
nearly 20 per day. This made it increasingly difficult for
transportation and school staff to track the whereabouts of
those who were switching buses. To ensure our students' safety,
the district must be accountable at all times for the
location of children using the school transportation system.
For this reason, all bus route assignments must be consistent.
In emergency situations - such as family illness or out
of town travel - parents can send a written request to change
their child's bus route for five or more consecutive days. The request
must be sent to the child's principal for approval. Two days
notice is required to allow proper processing of the request.
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Permanent changes
If a child's bus assignment needs to change permanently - when
his or
her family moves to a new home, for instance, - the
child's school office
should be notified far in advance.
Permanent bus change requests take
at least three days to
process. The school office will notify a child's
parent(s) once
the change has been approved. Until the request is
processed,
children will not be permitted to ride on a new bus route.
Students who walk to school are not permitted to ride buses.
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Childcare providers/Babysitters
Special arrangements can be made with the Transportation
Department to have your child picked up or dropped off from a
childcare
provider. Families must choose a sitter who lives within their
designated school attendance zone. Please note that the sitter
arrangements can be a.m., p.m., or both, but they must be the same
every day. We cannot transport to different locations on different
days. Only three babysitter changes per year will be processed. To
download a copy of the required request form,
click here.
LATE BUSES
The school district offers a
late bus run for High School and Middle School students who
participate in eligible after-school activities. Students who
want to ride the late bus must receive permission in advance
from a building administrator. All late buses depart from the
High School at approximately 3:55 p.m. Middle School students
are transported to the High School at 3:30 p.m. The buses do not
make all regularly-assigned stops.
Middle School late bus schedule.
TRANSPORTATION
TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
Private School Transportation Calendar
(2011-12)
Quality Bus Service, under the direction of the Port Jervis City
School District transports students enrolled in private
school in accordance with the district’s calendar and policy.
Parents are responsible for transporting their children to
school on days the Port Jervis School District is not in
session. This includes in-service days.
Private
School Transportation Request Form
due April 1
Parents of students living
in the Port Jervis School District who are seeking transportation for
their children to a non-public school for the
2013-2014 school year must submit a written request for
transportation by April 1, 2013.
New students must file the request within 30 days of moving to the
district.
The request form can be obtained from the non-public school your
child attends or by
clicking here. The
completed application must be returned to Quality Bus Service,
504 Route 42, Sparrowbush, NY
12780. Please call 858-2150 if
you have questions or need additional information.
By law, all school districts in New York State must
provide transportation to students enrolled in non-public school
who live within a 15-mile radius of the school they attend. To
qualify, students in grades kindergarten through grade 8 must
live more than two miles from their school and students in
grades 9 to 12 must live more than three miles from their
school.
Drivers reminded to stop
when school buses load/unload
Operation Safe Stop reinforces bus safety
rules
On
March 30, 2011,the Port Jervis City Police Department
partnered with Quality Bus Service and the Port Jervis
City School District to participate in the annual NY
State Operation Safe Stop.
Operation Safe Stop is a cooperative enforcement effort
designed to draw public awareness to the problem of
motor vehicles passing stopped school buses while
actively engaged in loading and discharging student
passengers. Police Officers throughout New York State
and the City of Port Jervis have increased enforcement
efforts during this initiative by enhancing their
observations and enforcement efforts of school bus
operations during the times that buses are actively
transporting school district children.
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