Kindergarten transportation

Kindergarten is an exciting and important time for your child. Issaquah School District Transportation staff is dedicated to making daily bus rides safe and enjoyable.

Working with the schools, Transportation identifies which children will be assigned to AM or PM kindergarten classes based upon their addresses.

Schools may also identify "swing areas" where AM/PM designation is not yet assigned. Kindergarteners living in swing areas will be assigned to morning or afternoon kindergarten after more is known about the number of entering kindergarteners and where they live. Sometimes it's not known if "swing areas" will attend AM or PM class sessions until late in August.

Bus stop information is available at each school office, but here is what you can expect as Transportation makes plans for your kindergartener starting school in the fall:

• Phase 1  Kindergarten enrollment kicks off with Kindergarten Roundup on March 5th and 6th , 2008. New kindergarteners who register between March 5 and August 14, 2008 will be assigned to bus routes and notified in August before school starts on with a bus card delivered in the mail. Route information will also be posted at schools.
   
• Phase II  Bus riding kindergarteners who enroll between August 15th and September 12th should use the bus stop/route closest to their homes and follow that schedule. Transportation will determine if new stop/route schedules need to be developed for these students and will notify parents no later than September 17th if changes are made. Any new route schedules will be effective on September 22nd.
   
• Phase III  Transportation staff will work with students who register after September 12th on an individual basis.