First Student has a lost and found and can be reached at 952-470-5366.

Parents will be responsible for their children beyond school district property.

Transportation expenses may qualify under the state education subtraction and credit rules. Contact your tax preparer to learn if your family qualifies. Receipts will be furnished at parent’s request.

The Supervisor of Transportation and Student Accounting administer the program. They are located at the District Service Center (5621 County Highway 101).

A bus pass will be issued to each student eligible to ride the bus. A pass will be required to ride the bus.

The driver will have a passenger list showing the names of each student eligible to ride the bus, both those that have paid a fee, and those riding who reside beyond two miles.

If a student is riding with an instrument, the instrument must fit in the child's lap otherwise other transportation must be arranged for the instrument.

The following items are never allowed on the bus: food, beverages, gum, candy (except when enclosed in a backpack), guns (including toy guns), knives or other sharp objects, gasoline engines or cans, animals, insects, fish, matches, lighters, glass items, aerosol products, laser pens, skis, ski poles, hockey sticks, skateboards, scooters, golf clubs, lacrosse sticks, baseball bats, balloons or any items of dangerous or objectionable nature.

All students, including special education students, riding a full size bus and residing within two miles of the resident school will be required to pay a fee for bus service. However, state law stipulates that free bus service must be provided for special education students who require transportation as part of their individual education plan, regardless of where they live. As a result, special education students riding a special education bus will ride at no charge and will not be required to carry a bus pass.

The POP student may be provided transportation if the student meets the bus from the nearest regular bus stop available, based on bus capacity. The district will not alter bus routes or travel into another attendance area to pick up students.

Open enrolled students may be provided transportation, from the nearest bus stop available, based on bus capacity. The district will not alter bus routes or travel into another attendance area to pick up students.

For the 2023-2024 school year students may not ride on buses other than the ones they are assigned due to increased bus ridership and the capacity of our buses.

The distance will be measured using our bus routing program. The computer program, VersaTrans, uses the Hennepin County GIS map of the entire district. It is the most accurate and fair measurement of the distance between two points. The measurement is taken from the street center-line of the lot of the student’s primary residence to the center-driveway of the school.

The distance will be measured based on the walking distance from the child’s home to the school of attendance. If the mileage exceeds two miles, transportation will be provided without charge. The parents will be required to pay a fee to ride the bus if their residence is within two miles of school.