• 2023-24 bus routes will be available on the Ride360 app after August 21.

• To access the Ride360 app, you will need your student's ID number, and will need to enter student birthday in a MMDDYYYY format. For more information on this app, please visit the Transportation Department website here.

• Alternate Destination Request forms will be accepted during the 2023-24 school year. An alternate destination is defined as any stop that is not the stop assigned to a student eligible to use District transportation based on their place of residence. The Alternate Destination Request must be completed by a parent/guardian, submitted to the student's school, and approved by the Transportation Department in advance. Please note: The approval process can take up to 2 weeks to complete, and student will not be picked up/dropped off at the alternate destination until the parent/guardian has received notification of approval from the Transportation Department. To access this form, please click here or contact your student's school.

• Courtesy riders will be allowed this year as bus capacity allows. Students should request a form from their school to be given to the bus driver; notes from a parent/guardian given directly to a bus driver will not be accepted.

For more information or assistance with bus transportation for your student, please contact the Transportation Department at 503-825-5900.

Free & Reduced Meals

A few important reminders:

• All children in households receiving benefits from Oregon SNAP, FDPIR or Oregon TANF will automatically qualify for the meal program and an application is not required. If you would like to verify your family’s eligibility for the new year, please email nutrition@sherwood.k12.or.us.
  
• Foster children, and children who meet the definition of homeless, runaway or migrant are eligible for no cost meals. Please email nutrition@sherwood.k12.or.us for more information.
  
• If your application was approved in School Year 2022-2023, your student's eligibility will expire on October 11th, 2023 and a new application is required to continue receiving no cost meals. If we do not receive a new application, then your student(s) will be charged the full price for meals beginning October 12th, 2023.
  
• Qualifying for the meal program does not cancel past debt on student accounts.

Because health insurance is so important to children’s well-being, the law allows us to tell Medicaid and CHIP that your children are eligible for free or reduced price meals, unless you tell us not to. Medicaid and CHIP only use the information to identify children who may be eligible for their programs. Program officials may contact you to offer to enroll your children. Filling out the Free and Reduced Price School Meals Application does not automatically enroll your children in health insurance.

If you do not want us to share your information, please fill out the Medicaid/CHIP Information Sharing Opt-Out Form and submit to Nutrition Services by mail at 21920 SW Sherwood Blvd., Sherwood OR 97140, or by email at nutrition@sherwood.k12.or.us. Submitting this opt-out form will not change your child’s access to free or reduced price meals.

For more information about Nutrition Services, please visit our website here. For questions or assistance, please contact Gia Saporito, Director of Nutrition Services, at 503-825-5009 or nutrition@sherwood.k12.or.us.

• All student device checkouts will be managed by your child's school during the first few days and weeks back to school.

• Troubleshooting or repair of students devices is managed by each individual school location. For assistance with student device repair, please follow these instructions.

Elementary Devices:

• Elementary devices will be housed in the child's classroom and charged overnight by the teacher.
• Any device issues should be reported to the child's teacher, who will partner with district technology staff to resolve the issue.

Middle and High School Devices:

• Secondary students will be issued Chromebooks and power cords at school, and will travel to and from school with their device and cord.
• Students are responsible for ensuring their Chromebooks come to school charged each day.
• Any device issues or damage should be reported to the media center immediately.
• Secondary students have the option to take part in the Device Protection Plan. Device Protection plan info and the fee waiver information has been sent out by schools, and can also be found on our website in both English and Spanish: 2023-24 Device Protection Plan.