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Transportation

About Transportation

Contact Us

Transportation: 1120 Hayes Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502

Phone: 785-587-2190

Fax: 785-587-2194

Don’t know what school you are zoned for? Visit the District Map page and follow the instructions or call Transportation.

You must live 2.5 miles or greater from home to school to be eligible for general education school bus transportation. Every school district receives funding based on a formula for each student over 2.5 miles. The distance is measured by KSDE (Kansas State Department of Education) Auditor from the front door of residence to the front door of the school using the most direct route. There is no rounding when measuring. K.S.A 72-6487.


Meet the Transportation Staff

Andrea Adams – Director

Erik Prohaska – Assistant Director/Discipline Coordinator

Jay Hartman – Shop Foreman

Alice McLain – Dispatcher and Billing

Miranda Staton – Dispatcher and Trip Coordinator

Bobby Sotkovski – Trainer

Need to schedule a trip? Send us an email!

Trip Request Form – For USD 383 Employees

Trip Request Form – For non-USD 383 Employees

2025-2026 Route Information will be available starting Thursday, August 7, 2025 through Here Comes the Bus

 

Be a Bus Driver!

We are hiring Transportation staff. Visit our application portal to apply. 


 

 

Transportation Resources

  • Here Comes the Bus, the award-winning, industry-leading, and parent-approved mobile app highlights the tremendous power mobile technology portends to solve longstanding, real-world problems in a fresh yet familiar way.

    Dubbed “ridesharing technology for school bus” by the media, the app marries powerful GPS data from location management units with customer-focused software to deliver a sleek user interface that solves a universal problem: the arrival time of the school bus.

    NEW for 2025-2026 – Here Comes the Bus now has all of the bus route/time/location information. 

    Sign Up Instructions For Parents:

    1. Download Here Comes the Bus app or Here Comes the Bus
    2. Click the “Sign Up” button
    3. Enter school code 29752 and click “Next” followed by “Confirm”
    4. Complete the “User Profile” box
    5. Under “My Students,” click “Add.” Enter your child’s last name and student ID number
    6. Once you confirm your information, you’re ready to begin

    Instrucciones de registro para los padres:

    1. Descargue la aplicación Here Comes the Bus o visite Here Comes the Bus.
    2. Haga clic en el botón Sign Up [Registrarse].
    3. Digite el código de la escuela, 29752 y haga clic en Next [Siguiente] y después en Confirm [Confirmar].
    4. Complete el cuadro User Profile [Perfil de usuario].
    5. En My Students [Mis alumnos], haga clic en Add [Agregar]. Digite el apellido de su hijo y el número de identificación del estudiante.
    6. Una vez que haya confirmado esta información, estará listo para comenzar.
       

    Here Comes the Bus Login

    Here Comes the Bus information in English and Spanish

    Here Comes the Bus FAQs

    Here Comes the Bus FAQs Spanish

  • The goal of Transportation Services is to provide safe, comfortable and efficient transportation. In order to achieve this goal, Transportation Services has instituted a discipline plan to address student misconduct.

    Student Transportation Handbook

    Bus Rules - English

    Bus Rules - Spanish

    Bus Rules - Pashto

  • Some streets and roads are not able to be traveled by a school bus due to inclement weather. Please check to find out if you are in an area that can get an IWS stop and find out what the alternate stop is. We will notify parents/guardians using ParentSquare if Inclement Weather Stops are in effect. 

    Inclement Weather Bus Stops

  • There is one simple thing that each of us can do to make sure students are safe while loading and unloading a school bus. That one simple thing – stop for a stopped school bus.