WAUNAKEE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
STUDENT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND POLICIESThe Waunakee Community School District will comply with all state regulations
concerning the transportation of regular education students and students with
disabilities. All transportation arrangements will be made by Lamers Bus Lines in
coordination with the Waunakee Community School District.
This handbook shall be distributed to all students, parents/guardians, teachers, school bus
drivers, and school administrators to be used as a quick reference guide on transportation
rules and guidelines. More specific information is found in Board of Education Policies
(750’s).

ELIGIBILITY FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICESThe Waunakee Community School District provides transportation for:

1. Students in grades Kindergarten through fourth grade who reside more than 1.0
miles from their assigned school. The district shall provide transportation to
students in grades 5-6 who live more than 1.75 miles from the intersection of
Aldora Lane and Woodland Drive. The district shall provide transportation to
students in grades 7-12 who live more than 1.75 miles from the intersection of
Knightsbridge and South Street.

2. Students in grades K-8 will be transported to school from hazardous areas as
defined by the Dane County Sheriff. Streets that are hazardous to cross for K-8 students include: Main Street; Division Street (south of Main Street); County Highway Q; portions of
Woodland Drive, and Highway 113. Please call Lamers at 850-5253 option #2 with
questions about your home address.

3. Students who are placed in a special education program if the IEP team deems
transportation necessary for the safety of the child.

4. Students who participate in the Early Childhood or 4K program.

Please note the links for the Opt-Out Form and Alternate Transportation will not be available until April 4, 2023.

Regular busing is defined as eligible students being picked up from home and taken to school and from school to home. All eligible students are automatically enrolled in regular transportation during the school year.

Services will begin on the first day of school, Thursday, September 1, 2022 and continue until Thursday, June 8, 2023.

There is no cost for this service for our families.

This is transportation to another location, other home address and/or school either at pick-up or drop-off.

For safety reason, pick-up or drop-off locations other than the home address must be required in writing by parents/guardians via the district Student Registration for Alternate Transportation Request Form. When applicable, this request must be submitted with payment. Transportation requests for alternate transportation will not be scheduled.

Waunakee Community School District Request Form - For K-12 students, if you will
be requesting transportation for another location other than your home address, you will need to
register and pay for alternate transportation plans. Registration for alternate transportation is
now live and closes on Friday, August 12. Click here to complete the form.

2022-2023 Transportation Handbook
 

District bus transportation is available for 4K students.  If you are requesting busing, the 4K site MUST be in your elementary attendance area (due to our three-building hub system).  

Arboretum Sites:  Adventures in Learning, Brilliant Beginnings, Mary Lake Montessori, Saint John's Preschool

Heritage Sites:  Inspire Early Childhood, Leap Academy, Peace Preschool, Saint John's Preschool

Prairie Sites:  Leap Academy, Moppet, Saint John's Preschool

The district will transport 4K students using the elementary bus routes.  Students will travel to their attendance area elementary school where they will transfer to the 4K bus to be transported to their 4K site.  Mid-day transfers will occur at each elementary school.  Students will wear backpack bus tags to easily identify them to school staff assisting the children.

If you have questions about busing possibilities, please contact Miranda Moe at (608) 849-1800, or Jeremy Lind at Lamers at (608) 850-5253. Please contact Lamers Bus Lines at (608) 850-5253 to have your specific student transportation questions answered.

Please see these Lamers School Bus Safety Tips.

Students are required to purchase a Waunakee Community School District parking permit for the school year. This will be strictly enforced.

Students must have a parking permit to park in the student lots, and they may not park in staff parking (number spots) or visitor parking at any time.  Parking permits are available for Juniors and Seniors to purchase at this time through the School Store in Infinite Campus. The permits can be picked up in the high school office beginning August 29th.  

Sophomores will be able to purchase a parking permit through the school store beginning September 6th.

2022-2023 Print Parking Permit