West Ada School District Update
August 28, 2020
Virtual School House Enrollment Closed, Wait List Available
Transportation
West Ada School District, along with our contracted provider Cascade Student Transportation, is committed to providing our students with safe, quality transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Transportation will be different for the 2020-2021 school year to continue meeting transportation needs of our community while taking precautions to prevent the virus’ spread. If your family has not used the district’s school bus system before, please take some time to review the bus information, bus portal instructions, and rules/procedures on the Transportation Department homepage.
Bus stop information may be viewed by searching our Bus Stop Locator or by opening your student’s PowerSchool profile. Bus stop times have been locked as of midnight August 25. However, as enrollment continues to change before classes begin, we may need to make critical changes to the bus routes. Parents will receive bus route-specific communication via Blackboard Parentlink if any changes occur. Parents can trust if they have not received an email regarding bus route changes their bus stop information has remained locked since the August 25 deadline.
Kindergarten parents of half-day session students who are eligible for transportation and marked “yes” for the bus during enrollment will receive a phone call from Cascade Student Transportation between August 31 and September 3 with their student’s bus information. Any eligible parent who did not request busing may do so at any time by calling Cascade Student Transportation at 208-229-8500. It takes 3-5 business days to route and implement these changes.
- Pandemic Transportation Plan: https://www.westada.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=249253&dataid=292485&FileName=WASD%20Pandemic%20Transportation%20Plan%201.3.pdf
- Transportation Department: https://www.westada.org/domain/3804
- Bus Stop Locator: https://westadaid.thebusportal.com/elinkrp/Students/BasicTransBoundarySearch.aspx
Summer Activities Teach Precaution is Teamwork
Upcoming Events
September 1 – Special Board Meeting; Team designation for alternating schedule available in PowerSchool for 9-12
September 7 – West Ada School District offices closed for Labor Day
September 8 – First day of school in remote setting; Board Meeting