Transportation
Fall 2025: The Deadline to apply for alternative transportation for the 2025-2026 school year is: Deadline Passed
Please click on the Transportation Request Form below. Please fill out the form and send it to the Transportation department or email to brtrans@buena.k12.nj.us for your requests to be processed.
Please note that if alternative transportation is provided it is to be utilized 5 days a week. Any requests made after August 8, 2025, will be processed shortly after school opening.
Transportation Procedures:
Bus Passes
Bus passes can be viewed by logging in to your Oncourse Portal. Once logged in, click on transportation information, and “view bus pass”.
Assigned Bus Stops
Students are assigned to a specific bus and a specific bus stop. Drivers are not authorized to move bus stops. The bus driver is not authorized to pick up or drop off students at other bus stops or other locations at any time. Students must be at the bus stop (10) minutes prior to the pick-up time. Parents/guardians must be at the bus stop with students in grades PK-5. Parents can sign a consent form for students in grades 3-5 to walk to and from the bus stop by themselves.
Bus Rules
- Eating and drinking is prohibited on the bus
- Students must sit in assigned seats and remain seated at all times
- Seatbelts must be worn
- Students may not use profane language directed towards other students or the bus driver
- Students must keep their voice at a low level
- Students are to keep their hands to themselves
- Students will be written up for any bus violation and the writeup will be turned into theprincipal(s)
- Cell phones should be in the students backpack.
Files
- #1 Bid Specs BR-1201
- B6T for Private School
- B7T for Charter or Renaissance School
- B7T for Choice School
- B7T for Private School
- BID BR-1201 Notice to Bidders
- BR-0812 PV Route Description - Names Removed
- BR-0925 Vineland MV-Route Description - Names Removed
- Change of Address Form
- Transportation Change Request Form
- Transportation Opening Letter - English 8.19.25
- Transportation Opening Letter - Spanish 8.19.25
- Transportation Procedures Revised 8.18.25
School Board Policy on Audio & Video Recordings on School Vehicles
Video cameras are in use on Shephard school buses to help ensure students are transported in the safest environment possible. Administration may use the videos to determine appropriate discipline for inappropriate actions. Due to The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), federal law prohibits parents and guardians from viewing video tapes. Administration may view the incident on tape with the student involved in order to determine disciplinary action.
