Transportation by district buses is provided to all students who attend designated programs that are housed outside of a student’s home school boundary (special needs students). In addition, the district provides service to students whose home school grade level exceed class size limitations and therefore must attend a school beyond their attendance boundary.
Sunnyvale School District does not have a formal walking distance policy, but has designated some areas as hazardous. Therefore, the following areas of service will be provided to regular education and special education students that attend these schools:
· Ellis School & Sunnyvale Middle School – on Reed Ave. east of Evelyn. On Evelyn Ave. north of Reed Ave. to Wolfe Rd.
· Sunnyvale Middle School From N. Fairoaks Ave. and east to Bartlett Ave., from Kifer Rd. north to California Ave.
· Lakewood School – south of Hwy. 101 from Mathilda Ave. to Morse Ave. Also, provided transportation to those who live north of Hwy. 101 between Mathilda Ave. to Fairoaks Ave.
· San Miguel – Those who reside in the Apts. On Lakeside Dr. known as the Avalon Apts. east of Lawrence Expressway and south of Hwy. 101.
· Vargas & Sunnyvale Middle Schools – Students who live between Evelyn Ave. and Maude Ave. and between the western most boundary to S. Pastoria Ave.
Transportation by district bus (large) and contractor bus (small) is provided for special needs students whose handicapping condition dictates special equipment that is necessary for safe transport to and from school. Generally, district owned vehicles are not equipped to handle students who need special equipment. Some of these students attend programs that are at locations outside of district boundaries.
School activity trips are considered an extension of the classroom, therefore, when available, district buses will be used. When district buses are not available, then an outside contractor that has been approved by the transportation dept. is arranged for, and secured, by the individual school site requesting the trip.
All AM pickup times are the time the bus leaves the stop, it is therefore advised, that the students arrive at their assigned bus stop five (5) minutes before the bus is scheduled to leave. The PM drop off times are all approximate and can range up to fifteen minutes before or after the indicated time, due to unforeseen illness of students and/or drivers, student discipline problems, or other traffic situations that are beyond our control.
Buses will not wait for parent pickup at bus stops. It is the Parents responsibility to teach their student how to get home or have some other contingency plan. Students not able to walk home and/or refuse to get off the bus because they have no parent on site to pick them up will be returned to their school site at the end of the bus route. We will strictly enforce this rule! If you have questions please call Gina Tiscareno at 408-522-8200 X 245.