Transportation Information

Granite Falls School District provides a complete transportation/bus schedule for all schools. The transportation schedule includes bus numbers, times and locations.

2012-13 School Bus Routes (pdf) and times are subject to change (scroll through the document to find each school). For questions, contact the Transportation Department at 425-335-1508.

Limited bus routes (pdf) for are used throughout the year for snow, ice, or other situations that cause buses to alter normal routes. During inclement weather, the District tries to have information on radio/TV by 6:00 AM but limited routes may be used without notification due to conditions and time. Please make sure your child's school has emergency phone and email contacts.

Elementary Attendance Areas
Elementary Attendance Area maps are posted in both elementary schools, at the Administration Center Office and on our Attendance Area page (pdf).

Getting to School Safely
We want to be sure our students arrive to school safely. The school takes a number of precautions to assure safety, but we rely on your help. Here are a few reminders:

• Review bus safety rules with your child(ren) -- how to enter and exit,
  proper behavior while riding (see below)
• Teach your child safe walking routes
• Teach your child to use the crosswalks and to obey all crossing guards
• Review rules of never talking to strangers or getting close to a strange car
• If your child walks or rides a bike, make sure an alternative route
  is known in case of an emergency

Here is more information on safety tips for families that walk or bike to school (pdf).

Granite Falls/Lake Stevens Pupil Transportation Department
425.335.1508

Office Hours: 6 am – 4:30 pm

Staff
Sheila Winters, Supervisor
Peggo Romo, Driver Trainer
Greg Irwin, Dispatcher
Debbie Eichner-Hatch, Secretary

Special Notice to Kindergarten Parents
Kindergarten students need to be met at the bus stop by a parent/guardian or other adult. Alternately, kindergarten students can be released from the bus with an older sibling. If you are a parent of a kindergarten student, please communicate to the transportation staff if someone other than you will be meeting your child, or if your child should be released with an older sibling. Please be prepared to show identification.

Bus Stop Notice
Students should be waiting at their designated bus top five (5) minutes prior to the published stop time. Drivers are instructed not to arrive any earlier than the five minutes and also not to wait at stops for students who are not there. Please help us to be on time by being at your stop five (5) minutes early.

Students are allowed to depart the bus only at their assigned stop. Exceptions to this can only be made by pre-arrangements with a note from the parent. For elementary students, the note must be delivered to the school where a bus pass will be issued. For the middle and high school students, the note can be given to the bus driver. Only by this procedure will a student be allowed off the bus at a different stop.

Rules for Riding the School Bus

1. The bus driver is in charge of the bus. You must obey the bus driver and staff members assigned to the bus at all times. The bus driver has the authority to assign seats. Refrain from talking to the driver, unless necessary.

2. Students may only ride their assigned bus unless pre-arranged. Students are not allowed to depart the bus at any stop other than their assigned bus stop without parent/guardian permission.

3. Students must stay seated quietly in their seats, face forward and keep the aisle clear. 

4. Students must remain seated until the bus comes to a complete stop and the parking brake is applied. 

5. Students must load/unload the bus in an orderly manner, no pushing or shoving. Students will arrive at the bus stop five (5) minutes before bus arrival time.

6. Students cross the street in front of the bus, when signaled by the bus driver. Never cross behind the school bus. 

7. Be courteous, no profane language will be allowed. Profanity directed at the bus driver will lead to suspension from the bus.

8. Windows are not to be opened without the driver’s permission. Keep all body parts inside the bus.

9. Items prohibited from the bus include: breakable containers, sharp items, weapons, firearms, flammables, skateboards, roller blades, boom boxes, large, bulky, items which cannot be held when placed on the floor between legs, all forms of animal life (except service animals). 

10. All items must be kept out of the aisle and emergency doorways. 

11. Passengers in school buses equipped with seats belts shall be required to wear the seat belt, properly adjusted, whenever the bus is in motion.

12. Eating and drinking on the bus is prohibited, unless on a field trip and allowed by the bus driver.

13. No smoking or ignition source of any kind on the bus.

14. Parents of students identified as causing damage to buses shall be charged with the cost of the damage.

15. Students shall follow emergency exit drill procedures as instructed by the driver.

16. Students must make no distracting sounds or movement at highway rail grade crossings.

17. Do not throw anything from the school bus. Do not litter on the bus. Trash containers are located at the front of the bus.