Buses

We have 162 buses that transport 16,000 students daily.
Yearly our buses travel almost 2 million miles.

Bus routes

This year, many of our bus stops and routes have changed. In an effort to keep buses on time and running smoothly, we have consolidated some stops and made changes we believe will help us run our buses more efficiently.

Elementary schools
Anderson Bus route Bus zone map
Chinook Bus route Bus zone map
Edgewood Bus route Bus zone map
Eisenhower Bus route Bus zone map
Felida Bus route Bus zone map
Franklin Bus route Bus zone map
Fruit Valley Bus route Bus zone map
Ginsburg (RBG) Bus route Bus zone map
Hazel Dell Bus route Bus zone map
Home Connection at Heights Campus K-8 AM bus route PM bus route
Hough Bus route Bus zone map
King Bus route Bus zone map
Lake Shore Bus route Bus zone map
Lincoln Bus route Bus zone map
Marshall Bus route Bus zone map
Minnehaha Bus route Bus zone map
Ogden Bus route Bus zone map
Roosevelt Bus route Bus zone map
Sacajawea Bus route Bus zone map
Salmon Creek Bus route Bus zone map
Truman Bus route Bus zone map
VITA Bus route Bus zone map
Walnut Grove Bus route Bus zone map
Washington: Walking school bus route only

Elementary schools

Anderson

Chinook

Edgewood

Eisenhower

Felida

Franklin

Fruit Valley

Ginsburg (RBG)

Hazel Dell

Home Connection at Heights Campus K-8

Hough

King

Lake Shore

Lincoln

Marshall

Minnehaha

Ogden

Roosevelt

Sacajawea

Salmon Creek

Truman

VITA

Walnut Grove

Washington: Walking school bus route only

Middle school
Alki Bus route Bus zone map
Discovery Bus route Bus zone map
Gaiser Bus route Bus zone map
Jason Lee Bus route Bus zone map
Jefferson Bus route Bus zone map
McLoughlin Bus route Bus zone map
Virtual Learning Academy/ VLA 6-12 at Heights Campus Routes to school Morning session shuttles Afternoon session midday Routes from school Morning session midday Afternoon session Tuesday & Thursday Afternoon session Monday, Wednesday, Friday
iTech PM Bus route Bus zone map
VSAA PM Bus route Bus zone map

Shuttles
AM high school choice shuttles for VSAA, iTech and Flex

Middle school

Alki

Discovery

Gaiser

Jason Lee

Jefferson

McLoughlin

Virtual Learning Academy/ VLA 6-12 at Heights Campus

Routes to school

Routes from school

iTech

VSAA

Shuttles

AM high school choice shuttles for VSAA, iTech and Flex

High school
Columbia River Bus route Bus zone map
Fort Vancouver Bus route Bus zone map
Hudson’s Bay Bus route Bus zone map
Skyview Bus route Bus zone map
Flex Academy Bus route PM Bus zone map
Virtual Learning Academy /VLA and Open Doors at Heights Campus Routes to school Morning session shuttles Afternoon session midday Routes from school Morning session midday Afternoon session Tuesday & Thursday Afternoon session Monday, Wednesday, Friday
iTech Bus route PM Bus zone map
VSAA Bus route PM Bus zone map


Shuttles
Cascadia Tech High school programs of choice

High school

Columbia River

Fort Vancouver

Hudson’s Bay

Skyview

Flex Academy

Virtual Learning Academy /VLA and Open Doors at Heights Campus

Routes to school

Routes from school

iTech

VSAA

Shuttles

Contact

General transportation questions:
email us at transportation@vansd.org

Transportation office hours:
5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
360-313-4800

Go Home Plan

Fill out your child’s Go Home Plan

We are asking all families to fill out a Go Home Plan for each student for the 2025-26 school year. This will help us make sure we have enough buses, drivers, and adequate routes planned out before the new school year.

If you have already filled out a Go Home Plan and need to make changes, please contact your child’s school.

Please take a few minutes today to:

Log in to ParentVue
Go to “Online Registration” in the top, right-hand corner
Select Yearly Information Verification
Follow the prompts and complete the Go Home Plan information needed for each child.

Even if your child does not ride the bus, it is important to complete this and indicate how your child will get home each day–parent pickup, walking, biking, or self-driving.

While the preferred deadline to submit your student’s Go Home Plan was June 12, 2025, we are still asking families to provide this information. If you haven’t submitted a Go Home Plan yet, please do so as soon as possible. Please note, if we do not receive information by the June 12 deadline, your child’s bus service may be delayed at the start of the 2025-26 school year.

If you need help accessing or working through your child’s Go Home Plan, please call (360) 313-5400 for assistance.

Go Home Plan step-by-step instructions – English | Spanish

Boundary map

Transportation services

Transportation for language programs

Parents of students who live outside of school boundaries and are selected for this program will be required to provide their own transportation to and from school for as long as the student participates in the program.

Transportation for programs of choice and choice schools

Transportation is provided for students who live within Vancouver Public Schools’ boundaries.

	All Flex, iTech and VSAA students	IB and SMT	Culinary Arts, Advanced Manufacturing, Construction Trades and Medical Arts
Getting there	Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to program of choice school.	Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to program of choice.	Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to Fort Vancouver High School for periods 1-3.
Getting home	Bused from choice schools to home bus stops. VSAA PM bus stops iTech PM bus stops Flex PM bus stops	Bused from program to neighborhood high school. Responsible to get home on own.	Bused from Fort Vancouver and Hudson’s Bay to neighborhood high school for periods 4-6, and then can take bus to home bus stop.

All Flex, iTech and VSAA students

IB and SMT

Culinary Arts, Advanced Manufacturing, Construction Trades and Medical Arts

Getting there

Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to program of choice school.

Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to program of choice.

Bused from home bus stop to neighborhood high school and then to Fort Vancouver High School for periods 1-3.

Getting home

Bused from choice schools to home bus stops.

VSAA PM bus stops
iTech PM bus stops
Flex PM bus stops

Bused from program to neighborhood high school. Responsible to get home on own.

Bused from Fort Vancouver and Hudson’s Bay to neighborhood high school for periods 4-6, and then can take bus to home bus stop.

Special services transportation

Bus transportation

If your child receives special education services and you would like him or her to ride the bus to school, please first contact the special services department.The individualized education plan team determines the need for transportation on an individual basis. Transportation is most often provided for students who are in specialized programs.

Bus procedures

Special education students who ride the bus are transported with special education peers. A guardian or established emergency contact person must meet special education students at their bus stop. Emergency contact people should present photo ID. It’s important that contact information for guardians and emergency contact people is kept up to date. If you have recently changed your phone number(s), or have questions about transportation, please contact the transportation department.