Transportation
Transportation
Welcome to Madison-Grant Transportation!
We are excited to welcome you and your family to the Madison-Grant United School Corporation Transportation Department! We look forward to providing your student with safe, reliable, and efficient transportation.
Our transportation team works hard every day to help make sure our students get to and from school safely, comfortably, and on time. We know that putting your child on a school bus for the first time—or starting a new school year—can bring questions, and we are here to help make the process as easy as possible for families.
Madison-Grant United School Corporation covers approximately 175 square miles of predominantly rural farmland. We currently operate 14 regular bus routes and two special education routes throughout our district. We also provide transportation for students who qualify to participate in the Hinds Vocational Program and the Grant Regional Career Center.
To help us provide transportation as efficiently as possible, we use a shuttle system between Madison-Grant Jr./Sr. High School and Madison-Grant Elementary School. This means that some students may transfer from one bus to another. Student transfers take place in the bus-only parking lot at the Jr./Sr. High School and are supervised by school staff.
Our goal is simple: to provide safe, dependable, and efficient transportation for every student we serve. We continually review our bus routes and make changes when we find better ways to serve our students and families.
What Families Need to Know
If you do not receive a call from your child’s bus driver, your student’s bus number, bus stop location, and approximate pick-up time have not changed from the previous school year.
If your child is new to the district or entering kindergarten, the bus driver will contact you a few days before school begins with information about your child’s bus number, bus stop location, and approximate pick-up time.
If your family needs to make a change to your child’s transportation arrangements or if you have questions about your student’s bus schedule, please reach out to the Transportation Department.
We understand that transportation is an important part of your child’s school day, and we appreciate the trust you place in us. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns.
We look forward to working with you and your family and hope it is a successful year!
Kristy Drewitz
Transportation Director
Become A Bus Driver
Please see below for information on joining our team!
Important Things To Remember
- Address Change:
- Please make sure your addresses have been updated with the school offices. We use the address for routing purposes. In the event your family moves, please contact the office where your student(s) attend and let them know that you will need new transportation arrangements. Once our department receives the information, we will reassign your student(s) to a bus and contact you with the new bus/driver information.
- Transportation Change (Short-term):
- If your student(s) need a transportation change for the day, please contact the office where the student(s) attend so that the office can write a pass for your student(s) to ride another bus.
- Transportation Change (Long-term):
- If you need to make a more permanent change to your student(s)’s primary transportation, please contact the Transportation Department at (765) 536-0008, ext. 1704 or via email.
General Bus Safety Guidelines:
- Students should be ready to load the bus five minutes prior to the scheduled stop time.
- Students must stay seated for the duration of his/her bus route.
- In order to keep from distracting the bus driver, students should use their quiet voices and keep noise levels down while the bus is in motion.
- Students should be respectful of the bus driver and other passengers at all times and follow directions.
Please review the bus conduct requirements and rules for students riding the bus.
Parent Pick Up And Drop Off
Madison-Grant Elementary - Parents are to pick up and drop off students in the parent lane just south of the school (entrance is off of Tyler Street). Drop off times begin at 8:05 a.m. with the school day starting at 8:25 a.m. Student dismissal begins at 2:45 p.m. in the same location. Parents should not use the bus parking lot or the south parking lot to pick up or drop off students during student arrival or dismissal times. All students should be dropped off in the designated car drop off line.
Junior/Senior High School - Parents may drop off students beginning at 7:50 a.m. with the school day starting at 8:05 a.m. At the end of the day, students will be dismissed at 3:10 p.m. Parents should pick up and drop off students at door 6 or 7 located at the back of the junior/senior high building. If parents are dropping off students after 8:05 a.m. they should drop students off at door #3 so that the student can sign in and get a pass for class. If you are picking up a student early for an appointment, you may do so at door #3. We ask that all cars are clear of the bus parking lot by 2:50 p.m. due to bus arrival for dismissal.