Transportation

STSD Bus Safety program ~ BUSPATROL

The Susquehanna Township School District is proud to provide transportation services to over 3000 students each school day. Our primary contracted service provider is Rohrer Bus Company, located in Duncannon, PA, with the depot that services STSD being located within the township on Progress Avenue.

STSD Welcomes a Partnership with EverDriven Transportation

Many of you are already aware of the driver shortage school districts have been experiencing over the last several years, and Susquehanna Township SD is no exception. Because of this shortage, the school district has been carefully searching for ways to support our transportation provider Rohrer Bus Company. As a result of the search, we have entered into a partnership with the top-rated transportation company EverDriven.

EverDriven is a nationally known alternative student transportation provider. Together, we intend to provide students with a safe and secure transportation experience for those rare times when Rohrer Bus Company needs extra support.

If your student is to be transported by EverDriven, one of their team members dedicated to our district will reach out to you with all the details you need to feel secure. When you are contacted by EverDriven, you’ll want to download and set up the VIP app where you will see all of the pertinent information such as the driver’s name, vehicle make and model, pickup and/or drop-off times, and a click-to-call function to notify EverDriven if you need to cancel a trip.

This app is only used for students being transported by EverDriven. Click here to get started, VIP app: get started now - EverDriven.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

New assignments are available in the My Ride K-12 mobile app. Hard copy transportation assignments are no longer provided.
To ensure the safety of our students, there could be up to a five-day waiting period during the school year for your change request to be completed.
Summer change requests for the new school year should be submitted no later than August 1^st. Changes received after this date are not guaranteed to be in place for the start of school.
Changes/new registrations received during the two weeks prior to the start of school may not be in place until after the first week of school.
The bus driver will not allow your kindergartener off the bus unless a responsible adult is present with the coordinating K-Student ID# issued by the school office. In the event that a responsible adult is not at the stop in the afternoon, the driver will call the school and the school will place a call to you. If you do not respond immediately, your child will be brought back to school for you to pick up. The bus will not wait for the school to make contact with you. Continued failure to be present at the bus stop five minutes prior to the scheduled drop-off time may result in the removal of transportation privileges.
Students in grades higher than kindergarten do NOT require an adult to be at the bus stop waiting for them to be dropped-off. Those students are required to disembark at their stop even if an adult has not yet arrived to meet them. It is the parent's/guardian's responsibility to make the student comfortable with disembarking on their own.
Secondary school students are not transported to or from daycare providers. If your elementary student is moving up to the MS and had been attending a before or after-school daycare, their transportation will be updated and based on the primary household address.
Students should be at their bus stop five (5) minutes prior to the assigned time and must be waiting at the stop when the bus arrives.

Please click on the links below to view the School District Transportation Policy, My Ride K-12 mobile app information, and the Student Transportation Form.

Transportation

Dyana Cooper

Transportation Specialist

School: 717-657-5100 ext. 50162

STSD is proud to use the interactive transportation software and mobile app, Traversa My Ride K-12. This is where your student's transportation assignment is accessed.

Transportation FAQs

How do I request a change to my student’s transportation?

Can I have my student picked-up or dropped-off at a daycare outside of Susquehanna Township SD?

Transportation to/from daycare providers must be within the township borders. The same is true of a friend or family member caring for your student. They must reside within the township. Please feel free to contact the transportation department for a list of daycare providers within the district. Please note, this list is for contact information purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement of any kind.

Can my student go to one parent on some days and the other parent on other days?

Do I need to submit a change of transportation when my student is promoted to the next grade in another building?

Who should I call if my student’s bus has not arrived at the specified time?

Susquehanna Township School District transports my student, but he attends a private school. Who do I contact to request a change?

Who do I contact if my student left something on the bus?

My student has a bus assignment, but I want to drive them myself. Do I need to do anything?

After-School Activity Buses

After-school activity buses, also known as Late Buses, are a service that the school district offers to students participating in approved school-related activities (athletics, extra-curricular activities, and study sessions.) Activity buses follow major routes throughout our school district boundaries each day. Not all stops included on the regular runs will be included in the activity runs.

Students must have a transportation pass with an authorized signature by School District personnel to ride an activity bus.

Traversa My Ride K-12

STSD is proud to introduce our new interactive transportation software, Traversa My Ride K-12. As a parent or guardian, you now have instant access to your student’s transportation information and real-time GPS tracker. With its easy set-up and registration, you will be able to see for yourself the estimated time of arrival of your student’s bus.

Please note that you will not receive a bus assignment letter in the mail.

You should access transportation information by installing the free app via the app store or through the My Ride K-12 website.

Mobile App Set-Up
How to Register online

Mobile App Set-Up

How to Register online

Traversa My Ride K-12 Online Registration

To access student routing information through the Traversa My Ride K-12 website, please do the following:

Using the Chrome or Firefox browser, go to Traversa My Ride K-12.
If you're not already registered, choose the "Register" link.
To register, enter your email address, along with your password and name.
After registering, you'll receive an email confirmation. The provided link will require you to confirm your registration through the Ride 360 website.
Log in to the website, and then add your child by going to My Students and select the "Find Student" button.
Enter the unique information provided by your school district to find your child. Repeat this step to find additional students.
When all students are added, you can then view transportation information for each of your children.
If you'd like to share a student link with another person, select your student and click the student options button in the lower-right corner.
Choose which students to share, then enter the email address of the person you'd like to share with. That person will receive a confirmation email, which will then automatically link the student to that user. They will be required to register with My Ride K-12, if they haven't already done so.

My RideK-12 Parent User Guide.pdf

Traversa My Ride K-12 Mobile App Instructions

To access student routing information through the Traversa My Ride K-12 mobile app, please do the following:

Download Traversa My Ride K-12 from My Ride K-12 – Apple App Store (iOS) or My Ride K-12 – Google Play Store (Android)
After installation is complete, open the My Ride K-12 app.
First thing you'll need to do is search for the district, Susquehanna Township School District.
Once our district is selected, you'll be presented with the login screen. If you don't already have a login, click "Register".
To register, enter your email address, desired password and name. This will be used to log into the app.
After registering, you'll receive an email confirmation. The provided link will require you to confirm your registration.
You may now login and begin adding students. Follow the onscreen instructions to link a student.
Enter the unique information provided by your district to find your student. If you are unsure of your information, please contact your school district.
Once you have added your students, you can then view transportation information for each.
If you would like to share a student link with someone, you may do so by pressing the "share" button. This will allow you to enter the email of the person you would like to share with. That person will receive a confirmation email and automatically link that user. Please note, they will be required to register with My Ride K-12 if they have not already done so.
Users should remain logged into the app at all times to receive district notifications. The app does not have to be running to receive this but users need to remain logged in.

My RideK-12 Parent User Guide.pdf

Transportation Rules

In order to fulfill our core value of providing a safe and supportive learning environment to ensure our mission: The Success of Every Learner, the district is implementing a systematic approach that establishes shared norms for acceptable behavior; builds positive relationships; and, provides clear expectations. SOAR (Safety, Ownership, Accountability, and Respect) is the basis for the district’s Student Success Manual (Code of Conduct) and focuses on the expectations of how to behave in various situations and the district’s expectations for appropriate behaviors.

The school district policy that governs student behaviors on school buses has been revised to align with SOAR and the shared norms: “The drivers of all school buses or other vehicles transporting public or non-public students will fill out bus conduct reports on … students who are violating the rules of proper bus behavior … which will be signed by the driver and submitted to the administrator of the school. Copies of the report will be distributed to the parents … and will indicate the violations as well as the actions taken …

STSD Behavior Procedures for Level I and Level II Behaviors:

First discipline report - warning; repeated Level I behaviors may result in disciplinary action.
Second discipline report - 1 day suspension of bus privileges.
Third discipline report - 5 day suspension of bus privileges.
Fourth discipline report - 10 day suspension of bus privileges.
Fifth discipline report - removal from bus for the balance of the school term.
Fighting on the bus - AUTOMATIC suspension of bus privilege for a minimum of 5 days.

STSD Behavior Procedures for Level III Behaviors:

Building administrators will determine the consequences associated with all Level III behaviors based on the nature of the behavior and provisions within the Student Success Manual and school board discipline policy.

As a district, we are committed to providing safe and reliable transportation to and from school and will enforce the school board discipline policy and Student Success Manual as written. We appreciate your support as we work to ensure all of our students enjoy safe transportation.

Please let us know your concerns and also tell us how we are doing on our HANNA Hotline, available by visiting www.hannasd.org.