Students riding the bus should complete and fill out the school bus tag and attach it to the top of their backpacks so the teachers can easily see it.

Students are eligible for bus services if they live more than a 1.5 mile radius from Saint Kilian Parish School or live along a route that has been declared "hazardous" by the Board of Education Transportation Division. 

Busing services are supplied by the public school district in which you reside. Therefore, bus related questions are best directed to your respective school district’s busing office rather that Saint Kilian Parish School. Contact information for each district is as follows:

It is important that we know how your student will regularly get to and from school.  If there is any change in your student’s regular transportation, please:

• Send a written Note to Teacher to the office indicating the change, i.e. different bus, pick-up instead of bus, ride with different parent/grandparent, etc.
• Be aware that students may not switch buses due to some buses operating at capacity.  If a student is going home with a friend, private transportation is required.  

Students are to:

• Use quiet voices.  Loud talking, singing etc. may distract the driver, keep other students from hearing instructions, or prevent the driver from hearing signals from emergency vehicles.
• Remain seated.  If the driver has assigned seats, the seat assignments are to be honored.
• Do not put anything out the window of the bus (head, hands and feet included).
• In vehicles where seat belts are available, use them properly.
• Be courteous; do not use profane language.
• Keep the bus clean.
• Do not eat, drink, or chew gum on the bus.
• Get off only at your assigned stop.
• Cooperate with the driver.
• Remember, the driver is in charge.  Any additional instructions from the driver are to be followed.

If there are behavior problems, the school district will send a report home to notify parents. If the problem persists, the district does have the right to ask that the student's bus privileges be suspended, either temporarily or permanently.  If the district recommends that a student be removed from the bus, the principal will support it and this will result in the student losing bus services.  The student/parent will then be responsible for alternate transportation.

Mars Busing Information
Mars School District Transportation Department regarding busing of SKPS students:

• Mars will provide 2 buses exclusively for SKPS students
• Full Day Kindergarten will be bused both ways
• Bus your children two hours later if we have a 2-hour delay and Mars does not.
• Bus your children two hours later if Mars has a 2-hour delay and we do not.  Your child(ren) will not be marked tardy.
• Not bus early dismissals.
• Bus children home if Mars dismisses early for inclement weather.
• Not bus home if we have an early dismissal due to inclement weather and Mars does not.

Pine Richland Busing Information
Pine Richland School District Transportation Department regarding busing of SKPS students:

• There is no busing provided for preschool students.
• Pine busses follow the Pine-Richland schedule in the case of inclement weather.So, if there is a 2 hour delay at Pine Richland, all busses will pick up 2 hours late. If Pine is closed, there is no bussing that day.
  • If Pine and St. Kilian are on a 2 hour delay - bus will pick up 2 hours late
  • If Pine is on a delay and St.Kilian is not, Pine will pick up 2 hours late so you should take your child to school instead so they are not 2 hours late.
  • If Pine is not on a delay and St. Kilian is, you will need to bring your child to school as the bus will come at normal time and no one will be at school to retrieve your child off the bus.
  • if Pine is closed and St. Kilian is open, you will need to drive your child to and from school.

Seneca Valley Busing Information
Please note, as per the Seneca Valley School District Transportation office, no child is permitted to give a note to the driver to allow them to ride a different bus in order to be dropped off in a different place. Riding a different bus is reserved for emergency reasons and our school office needs to sign off on the request. Please be so kind as to adhere to the policies of the district so you do not put your children in jeopardy of riding the bus.

Please click here for Seneca Valley Transportation information.