Activity Bus Service Bus service to selected stops is available to all students participating in after school activities at each school. Bus service for participants in before school activities at the junior high is available to paid and free-eligible bus riders only. Schools will send information on activity schedules and routes. On bicycle or on foot For safety reasons, only fourth grade and older students are allowed to ride bicycles to or from school. Older children are permitted to ride bicycles to school, however those living within four city blocks of their school are encouraged to walk.
Bicycles are to be parked and locked in the school bike racks.
If it is necessary to close schools, AM radio stations WBBM 780, and WGN 720 will broadcast the information. Your children should know where to go if they arrive home early due to an emergency closing. In some severe weather conditions, students will be retained at school and buses will be held until it is safe to depart. Non-bus riders will remain in school unless the parent enters and requests release of the child. Reimbursement for pupil transportation is the responsibility of the Interim Regional Supt.