An overflow bus is a bus that finishes their route early enough to assist another with theirs and can get students to school on time or get the students home (barring traffic and/or a train) within 1 hour of the last bus released from the campus. (middle school buses are usually cleared to leave around 3:45 so arrival home on an overflow bus would be around 4:45.)  Circumstances dictate when the process is initiated.

At that time: 

• Parents are notified via text and email that an overflow bus is being used.
• The driver is informed of the stop, preferably one, that will be handled by the overflow bus.
• All overflow bus information is emailed to the Assistant Principal(s) at the school.
• At dismissal, the Assistant Principal directs the students where to wait.
• Once the overflow bus arrives, which is usually 15 – 20 minutes after the last bus leaves, the Assistant Principal directs the students to the bus. (Traffic at the school may increase the wait/departure time.)
• Most students are home within 1 hour of the last bus being released from the campus.
• For consistency, the students at the stop(s) the overflow bus transport to will continue to be transported on that bus until another route can be formed.