Buses

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

Bus routes

Elementary school

2022 | Elementary go home plan

Are you registering your elementary student for the 2022-23 school year? Will your child be riding the bus, walking or being picked up from school? Please let us know your child’s ‘go home’ plan by submitting the form.

Note: required for all elementary students, for the 2022-23 school year.

Middle school

Shuttles

High school

Shuttles

Contact

General transportation questions: Email transportation.office@vansd.org

Transportation office hours:
5:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

360-313-4800

During these hours, staff are available by phone to assist the public.

Office staff will continue to answer phone calls until all buses are empty.

Related

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. In limited circumstances, students who live close to the school’s boundaries may be able to ride a bus if the bus is not full and the student is able to travel safely to a nearby stop for pickup/dropoff.

Transportation for magnet programs and programs of choice

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

All Flex, iTech and VSAA students

ACES, IB, SMT and Medical Arts

Careers in Education, Culinary Arts, Welding

Getting there

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

Getting home

 Bused from magnet schools to home bus stops.

Check back August 22 for the latest school bus route information.

  • 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 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 procuedures

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.