Transportation
Bus Information
Bus transportation route information for students eligible to ride for free will be distributed via email prior to the start of school.
App To Follow Your Child's Bus Route
We are excited to offer you a way to track your child’s bus through the “Here Comes the Bus” app! You can easily download the app on your phone and start tracking your child or children on their bus routes. We are rolling out the app to families at Roosevelt, Washington, and Lincoln first and then the rest of the District soon after.
Please proceed with downloading the app to your phone and setting up an account.
- You can find the Here Comes The Bus App in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
- To set up the account, click the ‘Sign Up’ option at the bottom of the login screen.
- Click Login & Sign Up Today.
- You will have to check your email for two-factor authentication, but you want to set this up on your phone and not on your desktop/laptop.
- When asked, the school code is 30250.
- Please add students to your account. You will need the last name and student ID from PowerSchool. If you need help logging into the PowerSchool parent portal, the directions are here. You will need your students last name and student ID number to track the bus.
- Creating a HCTB Account Using a Mobile Device: Creating a new Here Comes the Bus account on a mobile device.
- Logging In and Out of HCTB on a Mobile Device: Logging in and out using the HCTB app.
- Tracking Your Student's Bus and Other Features on the Map Screen: Tracking your student's bus using the app, plus navigating the features of the Map screen.
- Checking Your Current and Past Push Notifications: Viewing your current and past notifications using the app.
- Changing When You Receive Notifications on a Mobile Device: Editing how soon you receive email and push notifications of bus arrivals using the app.
- Turning On and Off Specific Push and Email Notifications: Changing which events trigger your email and push notifications using the app.
- Adding or Removing a HCTB Student Using the App: Adding a new student to your account on a mobile device, plus deleting a student.
- Adding and Removing an Email or Mobile Device/Push Contact Using the App: Adding a new email address or new cellular device as a push contact, plus deleting those contacts.
Registration
Free bus transportation is available for students (grades K-8) if they live 1.5 miles or more from school or who live in an area that is declared to be hazardous by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
- For new students, please contact Dru Sabres, Transportation Assistant/Business Operations Specialist, at 847-318-4325 or via email at dsabres@d64.org to determine your student's eligibility for services. Please include the student's name, school, and home address in your message.
- Returning students eligible to ride for free were asked to indicate in the annual Infosnap/PowerSchool registration in the spring whether they intended to ride the bus for the coming school year.
Paid bus service is offered for students, if space is available, for those who live between 0.5 miles - 1.5 miles away from school. Paid riders must use an existing bus stop; no new stops will be added. The cost for paid transportation is $550.00 per student for a full year.
Questions about billing? Please contact District 64 Comptroller Larry Ohannes at 847-318-4322 or reach him by email.
- Elementary school bus routes are scheduled to start at approximately 8:20 a.m. and leave schools at 3:40 p.m. On Wednesdays, buses will leave at 2:50 p.m.
- Middle school routes are scheduled to start at approximately 7:30 a.m. and leave schools at 3:10 p.m. On Wednesdays, buses will leave at 2:20 p.m.
- Rules for student behavior may be found within Chapter 3 "Travel To & From School" within the District 64 Student-Parent Handbook.
- As part of our efforts to safeguard students, bus routes are not posted to the website. Routes are available at school offices or the District Office. Parents receive their student's bus number and estimated time the bus will arrive at their stop.
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