Transportation

Transportation is available for children who live two miles or more from their assigned school.  The distance a student lives from their assigned school is determined by measuring from the curb at the front of the school to the curb in front of their home using the closest paved street.  Students residing within two miles of their assigned school may have transportation available if their neighborhood qualifies as hazardous under the district’s hazardous transportation rating system.

Some students who attend more than one school to participate in vocational programs or classes not offered at their school will be transported between schools during school hours.  Special education students are eligible for transportation if need is established.

Regular transportation attempts to arrive at every bus stop on time.  Due to the variances between individual clocks, students are asked to arrive and wait at their designated bus stop at least 10 minutes prior to their bus’s scheduled arrival time.  Buses will load students and depart the stop. Should a bus arrive at a stop earlier than expected, the bus will not pull away until the stop’s scheduled time.  Regular buses will not wait past their scheduled leave time for late students. 

Special needs transportation follows much the same criteria but will wait up to 3 minutes at the stop for the student to load.  All buses will wait 7 minutes at the school in the afternoon for students to board.  Students are expected to proceed immediately to their designated bus.  Bus drivers are instructed not to stop or open the door for late students running after a bus, due to safety concerns having students too close to any buses moving wheels.

All students are required to be at their designated stop in the morning. GoldStar will not leave a student behind in the morning – regardless of enrollment status or disciplinary issue. However, if a student repeatedly violates this requirement, progressive discipline may be applied, and transportation services could be removed.

 Students are ONLY allowed to unload at their designated stop (this is the stop most closely associated with the student’s registered address in Skyward under Family 1 criteria). Notes from parents, caregivers, guardians, friends, etc. will NOT grant permission to or excuse a student from getting off at an undesignated location. Progressive discipline will be applied to those students who unload at the wrong stop, and transportation services could be removed.

GoldStar wants to make sure that every student is picked up and taken to school and returned home in the safest manor possible, consistently boarding and unloading at only their designated stop promotes safety and allows our drivers to learn where everyone belongs while on route.

For Previously Registered or Returning Families & Students: You MUST request bus services every year. Once your request for bus services is sent to GoldStar and updated, you can locate your bus information by accessing your parent portal on Skyward. Under the “Bussing” tab on the left-hand side, you will find both AM & PM bus numbers, stop time and location. Skyward information is updated every 24 hours, once information is in Skyward your student is cleared to ride with GoldStar.

For New Registrations: Students will need to wait 24 hours to ride a bus to school.  New students will need to call GoldStar Transit at 940-233-7214 and speak to the Routing Coordinator to have their information added to our system. Office hours are 8am to 5pm for Routing Information.

If you need to contact the Transportation Department for questions or assistance with your student’s transportation information you MUST provide the student’s ID (6 digits) and be able to verify their current address with dispatch before any information will be shared with you over the phone. This is to ensure the safety of your students and their information.

Transportation Phone Number: (940) 233-7214

Refusing to provide a student’s ID number will result in no information being shared from our dispatch office. You are encouraged to check your Skyward account to obtain your student’s ID before calling GoldStar.