Booking Trips
A School Trip Request form must be submitted for all trips regardless of mode of transportation. Please use the following links, and instructions taken from the School Trip Planning Guide, when completing this form.
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All requests for Category 1 travel (day trips within a 200-mile radius of the district) must be approved by the site Principal. The "School Trip Request" form must be completed one month prior to the trip.
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Requests for Category 2 school trips (overnight travel or travel beyond a 200-mile radius of the district) must be submitted on the "School Trip Request" form. This form needs to be signed by the site principal and Education Services. All arrangements, approvals and plans must be submitted and finalized a minimum of two months prior to the trip if the per student cost is less than $500 and three months prior to the trip if the per student cost is more than $500.
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Requests for out-of-state or international travel (Category 3) shall be submitted on the "Preliminary School Trip Approval" form. The final arrangements, approvals and plans must be submitted on the "School Trip Request" form to the site principal, then to Education Services and ultimately to the Board of Education no later than four (4) months prior to the trip if out-of-state and five (5) months prior to the trip for international travel.
SCHOOL BUS TRIPS
SCHOOL BUS TRIPS
SCHOOL BUS TRIPS
If you want a large yellow school bus, please select "District Bus" on the School Trip Request Form. Once we receive your form, we will check the availability of District buses.
If District buses are available, we will send you a written quote. If you do not receive a written quote within 48 hours, please give us a call as that usually means we did not receive the form. If acceptable, the quote must be signed and returned in order to hold your buses for that date. Due to limited availability, we cannot provide quotes for district buses without a signed School Trip Request form. In addition, quotes are only valid for 7 days.
If District buses are not available, we will contact our vendors for a quote. Once we receive that quote, we will forward it to you and ask if you would like to book that trip. We will send you a separate confirmation from the vendor, which must be signed and returned to the Transportation Department. Quotes from our vendors are valid anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks so please return them as soon as possible.
If District buses are available, we will send you a written quote. If you do not receive a written quote within 48 hours, please give us a call as that usually means we did not receive the form. If acceptable, the quote must be signed and returned in order to hold your buses for that date. Due to limited availability, we cannot provide quotes for district buses without a signed School Trip Request form. In addition, quotes are only valid for 7 days.
If District buses are not available, we will contact our vendors for a quote. Once we receive that quote, we will forward it to you and ask if you would like to book that trip. We will send you a separate confirmation from the vendor, which must be signed and returned to the Transportation Department. Quotes from our vendors are valid anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks so please return them as soon as possible.
CHARTER BUS TRIPS
If you want a tour bus, please select "Charter Bus" on the School Trip Request Form. Once we receive your form, we will contact our vendors for a quote. Once we receive that quote, we will forward it to you and ask if you would like to book that trip. We will send you a separate confirmation from the vendor, which must be signed and returned to the Transportation Department. Quotes from our vendors are valid anywhere from 1 day to 2 weeks so please return them as soon as possible.
PRIVATE VEHICLE & WALKING TRIPS
Please include a list of students and adults going on the trip when you submit the Trip Request form. No further action is necessary so we will not contact you regarding these trips.
PAYING FOR TRIPS
District Buses
- For trips utilizing district buses, you will be billed after the trip is completed. This is done internally via journal entry using the account string you provide. To ensure the proper account is charged, you MUST write the account string in the space provided on the quote.
Non-District Buses
- For trips utilizing one of our vendors, you will need to generate a Purchase Order prior to the date of the trip. We will send you the quote, as well as your School Trip Request form, with matching transportation stamps. To ensure proper payment, you MUST attach both pages to your PO request as Purchasing will be looking for them.
- Once the trip is complete and an invoice is issued, you are responsible for making sure the bill is accurate, matching the invoice with the PO and authorizing the payment.