Transportation
Our mission is to provide safe and efficient transportation for all the students of the Kutztown Area School District.
The transportation department contracts vehicles with Eshelman Transportation. The KASD fleet consists of 4 school vans and the Eshelman fleet for KASD has 15 buses, 6 minibuses, and 2 school vans. There are approximately 40 daily and substitute bus and van drivers, who transport approximately 1400 students to public, non public, charter and special needs schools. On a daily basis our buses and vans travel over 3200 miles and make nearly 1300 bus stops. KASD is 99 square miles, the largest school district in terms of size in the county.
The transportation department establishes routes according to state law guidelines, which provide the safest school bus stop locations. Drivers are not permitted to change bus stop locations without the approval of the transportation office. Driver’s who stop at illegal bus stops are in violation of the PA Motor Vehicle Code. Requests for bus stop changes must be addressed in a letter to the transportation department for consideration. Childcare requests must be completed annually, no later than July 15th. All requests will be responded to in a timely manner.
Pennsylvania's School Bus Stopping Law - Please click on this link as a reminder of our states school bus stopping law.
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE STUDENTS
For the safety of your child, someone must be available at the afternoon bus stop to take the student off the bus. If there is no one available to take the student off at the bus stop, the student will be transported back to their home school. A parent, or guardian, will be responsible to pick their child up after they are dropped off at their home school.
**Please note that the person taking a student off the bus should be standing at the bus door so the driver can release the student. This is for the safety and well-being of your child**
NOTICE OF USE OF AUDIO AND/OR RECORDING DEVICES ON SCHOOL BUSES AND/OR OTHER SCHOOL VEHICLES
The safety of your children is of highest priority to the Kutztown Area School District.
The purpose of this information is to provide you with the required notice that to the extent permitted by Pennsylvania law, audio and/or video recording devices may be used on all District operated school buses and/or other school vehicles to monitor the health, safety, and welfare of all students and staff.
For additional information regarding the District’s use of audio and/or video recording devices and/or the maintenance, storage, and/or disclosure of the audio and/or video recordings, please see Board Policy No. [810.2]. Policy [810.2] governs the use of audio and/or video cameras on school buses and other school vehicles.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tammy Warning at 484-641-5531, or twarning@KASD.org
Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm. If no one is available please leave a detailed message and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.
If you need to reach our bus contractor, Eshelman Transportation, please call 610-916-4771 or 610-856-7740
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR IMPORTANT SCHOOL BUS GUIDELINES