Transportation

Your child should arrive at the stop at least five minutes before the regular arrival time of the bus. If the bus is late, ask your child to remain at the stop. Buses break down, roads are blocked, drivers become ill or have emergencies, but there will always be a bus at every stop. If the wait becomes extreme (approximately 15 minutes), please call the transportation office at 580-279-6222.

Contact your building principal.  They will contact PPS transportation if needed.  Sometimes students ride home with another parent, have a doctors appointment, ride the church bus (Wednesdays), stay after school for tutoring, detention, choir practice, etc…  which can cause a change in travel plans.

Buses make several runs into and out of schools each day. The majority of these runs are between the Junior High and High School. Many secondary students have classes that require attendance at another school campus.  Another reason is school boundaries. Some school boundaries cover wide land areas that extend bus runs in miles and time resulting in less than capacity loads. 

Submit an online request for transportation.  The transportation department will reach out to you once the form is complete. 

Transportation staff familiar with the area and the traffic patterns, evaluate the walking routes in consultation the  Perry Police Department. If you believe an unsafe situation exists, address your concerns to the transportation director at 580-279-6222.

Bus stops are placed at centralized locations that can be safely accessed by a significant number of students to minimize the time length and mileage of the run. If you have concerns about your child's safety you are encouraged to accompany your child to the bus stop or arrange a neighborhood buddy to walk with your child. 

Initial transportation for special needs children is established by an IEP team at the time of enrollment. Please contact Jordan Bolay, Special Services Director at 580-336-4471 if you have questions.

Drivers check their buses after every run. Items left by students are held by the driver for several days and may be claimed on the bus by the child. Fragile items are often taken out the buses in the evening for their protection, but will be available the next morning. After several days the driver will make an effort to locate the owner. Unclaimed and unlabeled items are donated to charity. You can help by labeling all of your child's school belongings. Please know the number of your child's bus, when inquiring about lost articles. 

School bus drivers can have the same reasons as motorists for being late. Traffic delays, weather conditions, accidents or driver's illness are just a few reasons. School buses also have mechanical breakdowns or "no starts" that cause delays in picking students up on time. A school bus may be able to run but have a red traffic light malfunction which would make it unsafe to pick up or discharge students on our highways, before it is repaired. In cases where the regularly assigned bus or driver is unable to pick up students, a separate bus and driver are dispatched to pick up the students. Generally, when a bus starts out late on its first or second run, it continues to be late for its third or fourth run also.

The first priority is to provide transportation to and from school. The school bus fleet does not contain a separate set of buses designated for field trip use. Therefore, whenever school buses are not in use for normal to and from school transportation, they are available for field trip use. Occasionally, in the spring, the demand for field trips can outnumber the drivers and buses available. Transportation staff and requesters of field trips discuss individual circumstances.

In order to maximize the use of our school bus fleet and to provide a more efficient operation with as few buses as possible, schools have different start times.