Anywhere you register you will be asked what your address is. This is to determine whether or not you have to pay a fee for the bus. These boundaries are determined by a professional survey firm. Professional survey maps are available for review if you have any questions.

Download 1.5 Mile Bus Boundary Survey

If you live less than 1.5 miles from the school, you are in the pay area and, will need to fill out a pay form.

If you live 1.5 miles and further from school, you are in the free area and, will need to fill out a free form.

If you are not 1.5 miles and further and submit this form, it will be returned to you and your registration will be delayed. Please be sure to use the correct form. If you are not sure if you are in the boundaries, please call Vince Ramirez in transportation at (847) 394-7360.

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Fees are based on Board Policy280, which states that all fees shall cover the costs, or a portion there of, associated with providing textbook, materials, instruction, extra-curricular and transportation programs. Fees may increase or decrease each school year based on changes in such factors as cost and program design.

Click here to see the Fee Schedule for Transportation at Westbrook School for Young Learners.

Bus transportation is offered to all elementary and middle school students. Our goal is to provide transportation to everyone who wishes to ride the bus. However, requests for transportation are granted only if there is enough room on the bus. If there are more requests than available seating, transportation is assigned on a priority basis. After registering, allow two business days to process requests. You will be notified by the transportation office of your child or children’s start date and route information.

As professional school bus drivers and parents ourselves we understand the mixed emotions you may feel about registering your child for the school bus. This should be an exciting time for you and your child. If you have any questions that were not answered below, or on May 8th and need some additional information, feel free to contact me or my secretary at (847) 394-7360 or e-mail: Vince Ramirez  vramirez@dist57.org.

All students have assigned seats on the bus.

If assigned A.M Session – 8:00 a.m. pick up, 11:00 a.m. take home

1. Beginning at 8:00a.m.- All A.M. students will need to wait at the designated stop assigned
by the transportation office. These stops are located at nearby corners with all the other
children in the neighborhoods.
2. Between 11:05a.m. and 11:30a.m.-Students will be dropped off at the same corners theywere picked up at during the morning routes. It is imperative that an adult be at the bus corner to receive their child. If no adult is at the corner the bus driver will radio into the office, and continue with the bus route. The bus driver will attempt to drop off the child once more. If the adult is still not there, the child will be returned to school.

If assigned PM Session – 11:30 p.m. pick up, 2:30 p.m. take home:
1. Beginning at 11:30a.m. Buses will begin picking up P.M. students at designated
stops assigned by the transportation office. These stops are located at nearby corners in
your neighborhoods. It is imperative that students are waiting at their designated
corner stops. Students running down the block to catch a bus are at risk of not being seen by the bus driver. Students risk being hit or run over by the school bus, or other vehicles if they trip and fall trying to run after a bus.
2. Beginning at 2:30p.m. The P.M. bus routes will begin dropping off students at their
designated stop assigned by the transportation office. These stops are located at nearby
corners with all the other kindergarten children in the neighborhood. It is imperative that an adult be at the bus corner to receive their child.

On half days Students will be dismissed from school at 11:00a.m. Bus routes will run from 11:00a.m. to 11:25a.m.

Bus Stops

On our registration form you may request a bus stop. When building bus routes we have to taking into consideration several things.

1. Is the bus stop in a safe place for children?
2. Can all of the stops be picked up and dropped off in a timely manner? (children are not on the bus too long or is the bus going to get to school late)
3. The bus is not overcrowded?
4. Does the bus route make sense or flow well? (the bus route doesn't drive around the block several times picking up all the stops)

Considering safety bus stops are arranged so that no child will have to walk more than two blocks. Bus routes before school and after school only make corner bus stops. The only door to door service we provide is for Kindergartners bus routes in the middle of the day or our special need bus routes. Please click on those links to find out about transportation for those programs.

Bus Stop Assignments

Once you have been notified which stop your child or children will be using that is the only bus stop that your child must use unless they have a signed note from their parents/guardians. At Lincoln these notes need to be brought to the office for transportation to approve. These notes need to be picked up by the student before the board the bus at 3:04p.m. At Fairview and Lions Park these notes need to be turned into the teachers who bring them to the office. These notes are then given to the bus monitors to give to the bus drivers. Bus drivers will not let children off the bus without these notes.

If your child would like another student to ride home with them on their bus route both students must be bus riders to do so. Children who are not registered to a regular bus route are not permitted to ride the school bus for insurance purposes. If they are registered riders they need to follow the same procedures as in the above paragraph. This is in case of an emergency the bus driver knows there is a student aboard their bus that is not listed on their route sheets. Children that do not have notes or permission will only ride their regular bus routes and get off at their regular stops. The notes that are written should be in the parent’s/guardian’s writing. Please make sure the note has your child’s full name and, what route they ride regularly. The note should also include which child they are riding home with and their regular route number. These procedures are in place for your child or children’s safety and to help us keep track of who is riding our buses. This privilege is subject to space availability.