Transportation
The Transportation Department, in partnership with First Student, is committed to providing transportation for students in a safe and efficient manner so that students arrive at school prepared and ready to learn.
Forms & Links
transportation change request form
Haga clic aquí para descargar el formulario de Transporte
Policy 709 Student Transportation Safety Policy
Policy 710 Extracurricular Transportation
Policy 711 Video Recording on School Buses
Contact
District Transportation Office
Ph: (763) 272 - 4856
Please note: The Transportation Department no longer has a FAX number. Please scan and email forms to transportation@bccs286.org. Thank you!
Eligibility for Transportation
To check for eligibility please Click here
PreK & Kindergarten Busing Information
It is district policy that a student's parent or guardian meet the bus at the drop off location for all Pre-K and Kindergarten age students. If a parent or guardian is not at the bus stop to receive his or her student, the student will be returned to Brooklyn Center Elementary School.
Bus contractors
Company | Route Number |
763-272-4856 |
---|---|---|
First Student | 10-19 | OPTION 1 |
Garner | 20-29 | OPTION 2 |
Lake Country | 30-39+ & 300's | OPTION 3 |
Lake City | 400's | OPTION 4 |
MTN | 50-59 & 500's | OPTION 5 |
After-School Activity Bus
Brooklyn Center Community Schools runs two tiers of After-School Activity Routes.
- Routes will depart from the Elementary School at 4:30 p.m.
- Routes will depart from the Secondary School at 6:00 p.m.
The routes do not stop at individual homes.
In order to ride the after-school activity routes, students must be attending an after-school activity and must receive a bus pass from their advisor/coach. The bus pass must be given to the driver prior to loading the bus in order to receive a ride home.
Hiring Bus Drivers
First Student is hiring!
Click here to learn more about the bus driver openings in Brooklyn Center!
Click here to learn more about the monitor openings in Brooklyn Center!
Frequently Asked Questions
- When will I learn the location of my student’s bus stop?
- How do I receive busing for my student if I’m new to the School District?
- Will bus stops be added during the first two weeks of the school year?
- If my student open enrolls from the Minneapolis or Robbinsdale School Districts to the Brooklyn Center Community Schools School District, does he/she receive transportation?
- If we have a change of address, how do we get busing set up at our new address for our students?
- If we have an alternate address such as a daycare, how do we get busing set up?
- Are we able to have our students picked up and dropped off at different locations?
- The bus drives right by my house. Why can’t it stop at my house?
- I operate a home daycare and need the bus to stop there because the state requires me to see the children at all times. Can this be set up?
- What time should my student arrive at the bus stop?
- Can the bus come back if my student misses the bus?
- What is good practice for students riding the bus for the first time?