TRANSPORTATION
Contact Transportation by email or phone at 278-8149
6350 NW Beaver Dr.

Send an e-mail to a bus driver


The District’s transportation department offers school bus service to all students free of charge with certain boundary restrictions.  Please contact the office at 278-8149 with questions, concerns or suggestions.

Personnel | Forms | Items on bus | Discipline Policy

Mission Statement
The Johnston Community School District’s Transportation Department, in partnership with our community, will strive to transport all passengers safely in the most dependable, effective and economical way possible.



Transportation Personnel
Mike Volz
Director

Rose Ballard
Secretary/Receptionist

Sheryl Landheer
Executive Secretary to Director of Transportation



Transportation forms
Please print, fill-out and mail to the Transportation office or send by email to transportationform@johnston.k12.ia.us.

2012-2013
Transportation Letter
Nonpublic Parent Reimbursement (available soon)
Transportation Information (for all students - within district and open enrolled)



Items brought on the bus
Students are not permitted to bring scooters, skateboards, rollerblades, skateshoes, bats, and/or balls to school.  Personal items are not normally considered essential to a student’s educational needs and therefore should not be brought to school.  All other items brought to school should be inside a backpack or bag.  Due to safety concerns and restricted space on school buses, parents are encouraged to limit students to one (1) carryon.  Carryon and musical instruments that cannot be held on a student’s lap or placed beneath their seat should not be transported inside the passenger compartment of the school bus.



Bus Discipline Policy
Johnston Community School District strives to provide transportation services that reflect an emphasis on safety.  Riding a school bus is a privilege that requires responsibility on the part of those who ride to follow the directions of the driver, stay seated, keep hands and feet to self, and to keep voice to an “inside” level.

Primary responsibility for bus discipline rests with the bus driver.
Serious infractions or repeated infractions will be referred to the building principals.  Consequences shall be administered in the following manner.

First Infraction:  Verbal reprimand by bus driver.  Explain what rule was broken - what the changed behavior should be and go over bus rules.
Second Infraction:  Verbal reprimand by bus driver.  Explain rules again and letter or phone call (depending on circumstance of infraction) to parents from Transportation Department explaining what rule violation has occurred and what action the driver has taken to change behavior and enlisting parent assistance to help solve problem.
Third Infraction:  Bus Referral 1.  Conference which may include parent, student, principal, transportation director and/or bus driver.
Fourth Infraction:  Bus Referral 2.  Three to five day suspension from the buses.
Fifth Infraction:  Bus Referral 3.  Five to ten day suspension from the buses.
Sixth and subsequent referrals:  Bus Referral 4.  Ten to fifteen days suspension from bus to consider expulsion from buses for remainder of semester.

Principals may deviate from the above schedule, depending on seriousness of referral, age, appropriateness, time between referrals, and other extenuating circumstances.