Parent Resources - Wichita Public Schools

Bus Tracking App

In partnership with First Student, we have a bus tracking app for families called FirstView which helps track your student's bus in real time.

Download the App through Google Play or the Apple App Store by searching “FirstView”.

When setting up the App, you will be prompted to:

Select your state (Kansas)
Select your district (Wichita)
Type in your student ID and security code. (To obtain your student ID and security code, contact your child’s school.)

Download the FirstView app

It is the right of every student being transported on a bus to receive this service in the safest possible manner. In order to insure this, it is necessary for all students to know, and to follow the rules and regulations set forth by the State and the local Board of Education. Below are copies of the CHAMPS and BUS RIDE posters that will be posted on each bus with additional student expectations following. Parents are urged to help their children understand the importance of these rules as they relate to their personal safety. The bus ride is an extension of the school day. School and classroom conduct is expected at the bus stop as well as on the bus.

K-8 Bus Expectations

Conversation

Help

Activity

Movement

Participation

Success

High School Bus Expectations

Be respectful to others

Use headphones

Stay seated facing forward

Raise hand to ask driver for help

Interact at voice level 1 or 2

Don't bring food, drinks or gum

Enter & exit safely at assigned stop

Be on time to your assigned stop.
Bring only school appropriate items on the bus.
Obey the driver and/or aide at all times.
The use of Personal Electronic Devices, such as cell phones, may be allowed on the bus when used quietly and appropriately. The device may not be used to take video or photos as this may be a distraction to operating the school bus safely. Students are personally responsible for the security of any Personal Electronic Device.
A Kindergarten student riding a regular education bus needs to be received by a parent/guardian.

Violation of the bus rules could result in suspension or revocation of the privilege to ride the bus.

Elementary Bus Video

Middle School Bus Video

High School Bus Video

Riding Wichita Transit

Riding Wichita Transit to School

Does Wichita Transit serve as a school bus?

Does a student need a bus ticket to ride Wichita Transit to school?

Students who qualify for a school bus and are assigned to a Wichita Transit bus, will get a sticker from their school to put onto their student ID. This sticker is the bus pass. The student must have their ID with the sticker every bus ride and MUST show it to the driver upon entering the bus. It works to/from school and any other time they want to use Transit in the community.

Will other community members ride the transit bus?

What keeps children safe on the transit bus?

The buses are safe and clean. The interior is disinfected often. The buses have five cameras and the drivers are trained to keep their passengers safe. The drivers have an emergency button too. Drivers can ask for help from their dispatch team if they should ever need it. Transit buses are also a "SafePlace". SafePlace is a local program that enables kids to get to a safe place when they feel they are lost or in danger.

Teaches kids how to navigate the public transportation system
AC, WiFi, 5 security cameras, and other safety features
Free transit access for kids to use outside of riding to/from school
Parents can use transit to get to their child's school
Buses go by stops/school every 45 minutes, so students who need transportation to/from school outside of their normal route times can still ride the bus. For example, students who stay late for activities