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05-06-2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation Process for Current K-11 Grade Families for the 2025-2026 School Year

As we prepare for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year, we want to inform you about some important updates to school transportation. These changes are being made to improve safety, streamline logistics, and enhance the overall experience for our students and families. With a clearer understanding of how many students will require transportation, we can ensure that we have the proper number of buses, staff, and safety measures in place at the beginning of the school year.

ISD 728 Transportation is moving to an opt-out request system. Rather than collecting a transportation request from each student, each eligible ISD 728 enrolled students in grades K-10 who live within the District boundary AND attend their school of residence, will automatically be assigned to District transportation based on their PRIMARY HOUSEHOLD as listed in Campus Parent Portal.

If you will not need transportation based on your primary address or your student falls under one of the criteria listed below, you MUST submit a Student Transportation Request Survey through the online process in Campus Parent Portal by June 30, 2025.

1. Student is in 11th or 12th grade and needs transportation to and from school
2. Student is open enrolled in ISD 728 and needs a bus stop location assigned* (For open enrolled students - bus stop locations are determined by space available on district buses - they are not determined by distance to your home and parent/guardian must transport student to and from bus stop location)
3. Student is a magnet student living within ISD 728 district boundaries - but not within the Salk Middle School or Rogers Elementary school boundary and needs transportation
4. Student needs different transportation (not just to and from their primary address)
5. Student does NOT need morning transportation or afternoon transportation, remove from ALL bus routes.

Each eligible student will be assigned to one morning (to school) and one afternoon (from school) stop. Stops must be consistent all 5 days of the week. 

Families will continue to be given the option to request an alternative stop location, such as a daycare, providing it results in one consistent morning and afternoon bus assignment per student. 

If a Student Transportation Request survey is needed, the parent/guardian should:

1. Login to Campus Parent Portal
2. Select 'Message Center' (left-hand menu)
3. Select 'Surveys' (main menu)
4. Complete 2025-2026 Transportation Survey* (complete one form per student)

*Please make sure to select the 2025-2026 Transportation Survey, as we are still accepting changes for the current school year also. 

If a Student Transportation request or change is submitted after June 30, 2025, transportation may not be ready to begin the first days of school. 

Preliminary bus information will be available in early August 2025 in Campus Parent Portal. Final bus information will be available ten (10) days prior to the first day of school in the same location.  

More information about transportation is available at www.isd728.org/Transportation along with a printable form. 

 

 

Hi 5th Graders and Parents/Guardians!

Thursday, November 7, 2024 Picture Retakes will be happening in the morning until around 11:00 am.  To order pictures please review the flyer from  Kemmetmueller Photography