Transportation

The Transportation team is comprised of more than a hundred staff dedicated to serving the transportation needs of all Tempe Elementary Schools students and their families.

Our Mission

As a team of drivers, assistants, mechanics, trainers, specialists, dispatchers, and supervisors expect one thing: Our commitment and dedication will provide the safest, friendliest and most efficient transportation services, enabling all students to arrive safely at school every morning – ready to learn – and will enable all students to arrive safely home every afternoon.

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Procedures, Policies, and Forms

Student Safety and Bus Conduct Guidelines

Please review misconduct form in the handbook with your child to help them understand why these rules are in place and how important it is to follow them.

Do not allow your child to go out to the bus stop with prohibited items, such as: glass items, animals, insects, reptiles (alive or dead), etc.
Ensure your child is at the bus stop between 5 and 10 minutes before the scheduled pickup time.
Elementary late bus stops are the same as their regular bus stops.
Middle school late bus stops are different from students' regular stops.
Please provide a parent note to your child if they need to take a different bus or bus stop. The school office must approve the note in advance.
If you have concerns or would like to report an incident, please call the Transportation Office at (480) 642-1540, or send an email to bus@tempeschools.org. Please, do not confront a driver at the bus stop or at the school about a problem.
Only authorized Tempe Elementary Schools students may ride a school buses. Please do not send friends along to ride the bus with your child. Parents are also not permitted to board school buses.

Emergency Procedures

If the bus is running late, students should wait at their regular spot stop. Parents may call the Transportation Officer at (480) 642-1540 to verify the bus status.
Parents should keep emergency information current at their child's school.
If a child is ever injured on the bus or at the bus stop, the bus driver will refer the child to the school nurse. In a serious situation, the parents and/or paramedics will be notified.