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Raymond Forsberg
Director of Transportation
Transportation Office
Phone: 972-882-7550
Need help or having trouble finding your child's bus information? Click on the buttons below to email your bus route questions:
Welcome to Mesquite ISD Transportation Services
Every day, our dedicated team of drivers, monitors, and support staff works to ensure students arrive at school and return home safely and on time. We are proud to serve our families and play a vital role in supporting student success. On this page, you'll find important information about bus routes, safety procedures, eligibility guidelines, and contact details. Thank you for trusting us to transport your child. Your journey starts with us!
Find Your Bus Route and Schedule
Mesquite ISD provides bus transportation for students who live at least two miles from their school or for those students who must travel a hazardous route as determined by Texas Education Agency guidelines. To learn whether your address qualifies for bus transportation, click on the button below:
The results of your search will look similar to the example below. In this example, the school (Achziger Elementary) is listed first, followed by the bus stop location (Ashford Trl and Westfield) and pick-up time (6:53 AM). Below the bus stop location, you will see the bus number before the name of the school it transports to. In this example, the bus number is 27.
Rider Eligibility
Transportation is available for students who live two miles or more from their assigned school. All students eligible to ride a bus will be assigned a bus route and stop based on the student’s legal residence. Students are limited to riding only the school bus that serves their legal residence and will not be allowed to ride a different bus or get off the bus at a different stop than the one assigned.
Mesquite ISD has a mapping program for transportation management and routing. This software also helps the district determine transportation eligibility, as it can accurately determine the home-to-school distance for each student. Transportation services are not provided to students who elect to transfer from their assigned school.
The Mesquite ISD Transportation Department requests parental cooperation in its efforts to carry out the intentions of the school bus safety guidelines and rules of behavior. The responsibility for student supervision by the school district shall begin when the student boards the bus in the morning and is retained until the child leaves the bus at the end of the day. Riding the school bus is a privilege, not a right, and the privilege may be revoked for safety and/or discipline reasons. Bus students are to remain on campus after being transported to school. Any student who leaves the grounds without authorization after arriving on campus may not return to campus to ride a bus home.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE BUS RIDERS' SAFETY & DISCIPLINE HANDBOOK
Parents are urged to discuss the rules with their children to ensure a safe and pleasant ride to and from school, as well as during extra-curricular trips:
Students riding the bus should arrive at the bus stop 5-7 minutes before the scheduled bus stop time, allowing for slight variances in clocks.
In the mornings, the bus will not leave a stop before the scheduled time, but once it arrives at the stop, it will not wait beyond the scheduled stop time.
Students will be picked up and dropped off at regularly designated stops only. In the afternoons, buses will remain at the school 5 minutes after the bell for students to board, so students should proceed immediately to their scheduled bus.
Drivers are instructed not to stop or open the bus door for late students due to safety concerns.
All personal belongings such as backpacks, athletic equipment, books, musical instruments and the like must be kept from the aisles. Skateboards, roller skates, roller blades or any vehicle of this type are strictly prohibited from the bus.
The transportation of students' equipment (class projects, books, band instruments, etc.) is provided on a space-available basis after all students have been seated. Such equipment may be transported if it is securely held by the student for the entire duration of the trip. Items too large to be held by the student may be transported if they do not interfere with the availability of seating for other students and do not interfere with the safety of students or bus operation.
The Mesquite ISD Transportation Department requests parental cooperation in its efforts to carry out the intentions of the school bus safety guidelines and rules of behavior. The responsibility for student supervision by the school district shall begin when the student boards the bus in the morning and is retained until the child leaves the bus at the end of the day. Riding the school bus is a privilege, not a right, and the privilege may be revoked for safety and/or discipline reasons. Bus students are to remain on campus after being transported to school. Any student who leaves the grounds without authorization after arriving on campus may not return to campus to ride a bus home.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE BUS RIDERS' SAFETY & DISCIPLINE HANDBOOK
Parents are urged to discuss the rules with their children to ensure a safe and pleasant ride to and from school, as well as during extra-curricular trips:
Students riding the bus should arrive at the bus stop 5-7 minutes before the scheduled bus stop time, allowing for slight variances in clocks.
In the mornings, the bus will not leave a stop before the scheduled time, but once it arrives at the stop, it will not wait beyond the scheduled stop time.
Students will be picked up and dropped off at regularly designated stops only. In the afternoons, buses will remain at the school 5 minutes after the bell for students to board, so students should proceed immediately to their scheduled bus.
Drivers are instructed not to stop or open the bus door for late students due to safety concerns.
All personal belongings such as backpacks, athletic equipment, books, musical instruments and the like must be kept from the aisles. Skateboards, roller skates, roller blades or any vehicle of this type are strictly prohibited from the bus.
The transportation of students' equipment (class projects, books, band instruments, etc.) is provided on a space-available basis after all students have been seated. Such equipment may be transported if it is securely held by the student for the entire duration of the trip. Items too large to be held by the student may be transported if they do not interfere with the availability of seating for other students and do not interfere with the safety of students or bus operation.
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