Sheboygan Area School District Transportation

The Sheboygan Area School District and the City of Sheboygan are pleased to announce that starting July 1, 2018, all District students will be able to ride city buses for free. On June 22, 2018, the Board of Education approved a contract with the City that greatly increases student access to transportation.

The contract will enable the District to provide transportation for more students to and from school using city buses. In addition, all students may ride the bus for any reason for free, such as to go to work, visit the public library, or access programming at other District schools.

• SASD middle school and high school students will be required to show a school or district-issued ID to qualify for the free fare. If your school does not offer a school ID, general SASD student IDs will be available at school offices to be used for free fares. During the school year, students that forget their ID or do not have an ID will be required to pay the case fare – no exceptions.
• SASD elementary school students will not be required to show an ID. Elementary students will simply be allowed to board at no cost.
• Over the summer, no IDs are required by students to ride at no cost.
• SASD staff members will be required to show a school or district-issued ID to qualify for the free fare.

For more information on student fares, routes, trip planning, and service information, please visit www.shorelinemetro.com.  Shoreline Metro's phone number is 459-3281.

Please be aware that Shoreline Metro is currently requiring all passengers to wear a face covering.

Students can be denied services under Shoreline Metro's Conduct Policy and Exclusion Policy.  Shoreline Metro works with SASD to resolve students conduct issues, but if conduct becomes a concern for other passengers, suspending use of Shoreline Metro may be necessary.  Please visit their website for more information on this and all Shoreline Metro policies.

Use the school locator tool to determine the attendance area for your home address. Pupils are eligible for bus transportation by the school district if:

1. They are in grades 9-12, live outside the corporate limits of the City of Sheboygan, and live more than two miles from their assigned school. Private school students, in addition to the above regulations, must reside within the "attendance area" of the school they attend to receive transportation.
2. They are in grades K-5 or 6-8, live outside the corporate limits of the City of Sheboygan, and live more than two miles from school, or less than two miles where there are conditions of unusual health hazard in the judgment of the Board of Education, per recommendation of the Hazardous Review Board. Private school students, in addition to the above regulations, must reside within the "attendance area" of the school they attend to receive transportation.
3. They are physically, mentally, emotionally, or learning disabled children in special classes, where transportation has been recommended by a multi-disciplinary team or qualified physician.
4. They are in grades 9-12, live within the corporate limits of the City of Sheboygan, and live more than four miles from their assigned school. Private school students, in addition to the above regulations, must reside within the "attendance area" of the school they attend to receive transportation.
5. They are in grades K-5 or 6-8, live within the corporate limits of the City of Sheboygan, and live more than four miles from school, or less than four miles where there are conditions of unusual health hazard in the judgment of the Board of Education, per recommendation of the Hazardous Review Board. Private school students, in addition to the above regulations, must reside within the "attendance area" of the school they attend to receive transportation.
6. They are assigned, at school district discretion, to a different attendance center for an educational program appropriate to his or her special needs.

Based on this policy, there is no bus transportation to Cooper, Grant, Jefferson, and Wilson Elementary Schools. Cleveland and Lincoln-Erdman Elementary Schools are all bus eligible.

Special Education Pupil Eligibility is based on physical, mental, emotional, and learning disabled attending special classes. Transportation will be provided if determined by assessment of a student's multi-disciplinary individual educational plan team. Students who attend an Exceptional Education Needs (EEN) Program at a school that is not his/her attendance area may receive transportation. Programs are located in schools around the school district where a room may be available.

The English Language Learners (EL) Program has center schools that provide services for identified students. Students in the EL program that live outside the center school boundaries may have bussing available.

If walking or waiting in the street, walk single file, please face traffic and stay as close to the edge of the road as possible. Be at the bus stop early.

Stay back at least 15 feet and wait for the bus to come to a complete stop.

Always cross at least 10 feet in front of the bus. Stop, look left, right, and left again if crossing a street.

Stay away from the bus if you drop or forget something. (The bus driver cannot see a person if they are too close to the front of the bus.) Never crawl under a school bus.

Avoid waiting in a house or car as the driver needs to see the child while driving down the street.

Face mask is required.

Do listen and obey the driver's instructions.

Sit down as soon as possible and remain seated while the bus is moving.  Must remain in assigned seat.

Do not eat or drink or leave trash on the seats or floor.

Do not use offensive language, yell, fight, or roughhouse.

Do not put your hands or anything else out the window.

WI DOT website has additional safety materials: Education for School Bus Drivers and Riders

If your child leaves an item on the bus, please directly contact Prigge Bus Company at 920.459.2961. Please provide a description of what was left on the bus. The dispatcher will then check with the driver and advise if the item was found and how to reclaim it.

Only one pick-up point and one drop-off point per student is permitted. Pick-up and/or drop-off point may be a home or daycare within the school boundary. A bus stop location may be up to a half mile walking distance from home/daycare.  In order to shorten the time on the bus, their may be more group stops or a further walk to/from stop location.

Please contact your school office for permanent address changes.

For all school bus riders, the parent/guardian is responsible for contacting Prigge's Bus Company in the event your child will not be riding the bus on any given day (due to illness, vacation, doctor appointment, etc.)

Prigge's phone number is 920.459.2961.

If your child does not ride the bus for three consecutive days, and you have not contacted the bus company during that time, transportation will be terminated. You will need to contact your child’s school secretary to reinstate transportation, which will go into effect a minimum of two (2) working days after you contact the secretary.

Parents are expected to provide other transportation to school for students suspended from the privilege of bus use due to misconduct.