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!
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
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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:
- Download Here Comes the Bus app or Here Comes the Bus
- Click the “Sign Up” button
- Enter school code 29752 and click “Next” followed by “Confirm”
- Complete the “User Profile” box
- Under “My Students,” click “Add.” Enter your child’s last name and student ID number
- Once you confirm your information, you’re ready to begin
Instrucciones de registro para los padres:
- Descargue la aplicación Here Comes the Bus o visite Here Comes the Bus.
- Haga clic en el botón Sign Up [Registrarse].
- Digite el código de la escuela, 29752 y haga clic en Next [Siguiente] y después en Confirm [Confirmar].
- Complete el cuadro User Profile [Perfil de usuario].
- En My Students [Mis alumnos], haga clic en Add [Agregar]. Digite el apellido de su hijo y el número de identificación del estudiante.
- Una vez que haya confirmado esta información, estará listo para comenzar.
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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.
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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.
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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.