Indian Hill Transportation Department 513-272-4530
Welcome to Indian Hill, we're happy you're here! We hope this page provides you with a handy go to for all those questions that just might come up. Look for the little bus icon for Quick Bus Tips that will make transportation smoother.
Information for your consideration: There are three options for KDG ridership.
- AM pickup - KDG students ride with the Primary/Elementary (Pre-5th) routes in the morning
- KDG take home at 1:45 (1:45 routes only have KDG students on them)
- For students that attend Kindergarten Enrichment they can ride home on the 3:45 bus with Primary/Elementary students. (must be registered for this) --- KGS Academy Indian Hill has before school, extended kindergarten, and after school programs for families in the Indian Hill School District with a secure and separate entrance on the Indian Hill Elementary School campus. Before School: 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Extended Kindergarten: 1:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. After School: 3:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. For additional details on all program offerings, including cost and registration, please contact: Tami Lanham (513) 207-8889
A Parent, guardian, or approved person must be present at the bus stop before a Preschool or Kindergarten student will be let off the bus. 1:45 KDG take home routes are much smaller than regular AM or PM routes and therefore if even one student is not on it can affect the scheduled arrival time. Please make sure that you are prepared to receive your child by 1:45. Set up Geo Alerts 3-4 blocks away from your stop in the STOPFINDER app and turn on push notifications for STOPFINDER on your phone so you will know when the bus is getting close to the stop. Calling parents to come out to get their child off the bus is time consuming for the office please help us with this process.
Please add transportation phone #'s to your phone. You will receive calls from 513-272-4530, 4531, & 4532
Use the Final Forms website to put in all the information the school will need for your child by the first day of school.
Make sure the 1st parent/guardian contact that you put into Final Forms is the person that you want the Transportation Department to contact first during route times. STOPFINDER invites will be sent to this contact's email.
IH Kindergarten Registration Information
26-27 New Kindergarten Transportation Request Form
The Transportation Dept. will need information about transportation needs long before the first day of school. So make sure to fill out the 26-27 New KDG Student Transportation Form, even if you don't currently need a bus. If it's July or August & you need transportation fill out the form but also give us a call as most routing is done - Thank you!
If you need to make a change to your student's info. after submitting transportation request form
26-27 Update Student Information Form
If you have a change of address or contact information during the school year, make sure to:
- Fill out the Student Update Form
- Contact the Transportation Dept. if it is an immediate change.
- Update Final Forms.
- Make sure to Update your Pick Up Patrol Default Plan
Even if you don't need a bus - Please fill out the form. This will keep us from having to contact you by phone to confirm that no transportation is needed. Thank you!!!
26-27 NO Bus_Kindergarten Transportation
PUP FAQ - Please Read
The Primary School will send you an invite for the PUP app upon registration. Make sure to download the app and use it for changes to your student's afternoon dismissal plans. Take special care in creating your DEFAULT PLAN. Use DAILY CHANGES when you need to make a temporary change to the Default Plan.
STOPFINDER Parent App How to
This app is how you will receive your student's Bus Schedule Info.
The STOPFINDER Parent App goes live the first full week of August and will have your student's Route & Times.
The Kindergarten 1:45 Take Home route schedules only will not be available the first week of August - depending on the response to timely KDG registration it is usually available 3-5 days before the first day of Kindergarten.
For any family that does not have a STOPFINDER acct. the invites for the parent app will go out in-July. If you don't receive the invite please check your spam & trash folders in your email - the email will come from STOPFINDER, if you still don't see it then please call the transportation office.
STOPFINDER SETUP
- Download the STOPFINDER app from your app store. It will have the little stop sign smiley face as seen in the STOPFINDER logo above.
- Open the email invite from STOPFINDER. Follow the directions to set up your password.
- Log into the downloaded app with the email that is the PRIMARY contact in FINAL FORMS and the password that you created from the email invite.
- Scroll to your students first day of school. The schedule only shows up on the days that the student is in school.
- Learn about the STOPFINDER features here - such as messaging, geo alerts and sharing the app. Please remember you won't see the schedule until the first week of August.
Alternative Transportation Page
26-27 Long-Term Alternative Transportation Form
Short-Term Alternative Forms - Not accepting at this time
Does your child need picked up or dropped off at an alternative stop within the Indian Hill School District, such as daycare, babysitter, other family member? You will use the long-term form if you ever need your child to go to an address that is not their primary address, make sure you fill out an ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FORM. Click on the icon above to read about how the alternative transportation forms work.
Short term forms will not be available until mid-September and only if the transportation department is not running consolidated routes. Long Term forms are always available but if you don't have them filled out before August they may not be routed until September.
HELP US KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE
SCHOOL BUS PROCEDURES for Pick-up's and Drop-off's
Please Read and help us teach your child to follow the steps for safe student pickups & dropoffs
What is a place of safety? A place of safety is a place at the Bus Stop that a driver assigns for your student wait for the bus to arrive or to stand until the bus pulls away. It should be a minimum of 20 steps from the door of the bus and the driver often assigns a specific place ex. 'By the lamp post' or 'The second line in the driveway'
PICK-UP
- Make sure your student is at their place of safety before the bus arrives and before the driver turns the red lights on. Even if you drive your child to the stop please make sure they are out of the car standing at their place of safety.
- Your child's place of safety is where they will stand so the driver can see them and is designated by the bus driver. It is sometimes a piece of tape or a landmark. Ask your child where their place of safety is.
- As the bus arrives the driver will count the students at their place of safety to make sure the same number get safely onto the bus.
- When the driver opens the door & the red lights come on, the driver will have their hand up in a "stop" position. After the driver checks traffic and confirms that it is clear the driver will drop their hand.
- The student may approach the bus after the driver's hand signal. If they are crossers they will go to the edge of the road and check traffic before crossing the street and should be at least 10' out from the front of the bus. Please help teach them to walk a straight line across the street and not to walk in toward the bus. When the little ones do this the driver can no longer see them and they are in the danger zone.
- When there is a combination stop of both left and right side. The students on the left (crossers) will approach the bus first after receiving the hand signal. Students on the right side should wait at their place of safety for the driver's hand signal before approaching the bus.
- If the driver blows the horn, that means danger. The student needs to re-check traffic if they see nothing they should look back to the driver for further instructions.
- Our drivers are directed to not be early to a bus stop for am pickups. But they may arrive later than the stated time for many reasons that are out of our control. Especially in inclement weather, we understand if your child is inside but please be watching for the bus and send them out of the house or car to be at their place of safety before the bus stops and has the red lights on.
DROP-OFF
- Before students get off the bus they need to go to the bottom step and look both ways, not only for cars but bicycles and pedestrians.
- Crossers unload first and need to walk 10 steps along the side of the roadway past the front of the bus and wait there for the driver's hand signal.
- When the driver drops their hand the student walks to the traffic edge of the bus, stops, and checks traffic on their own before crossing.
- If it is safe, they will go directly to the place of safety, stop, turn around, and remain there until the bus leaves. This is the time when the driver will count students and make sure they are all safely away from the bus.
- Non-crossers should go directly to their place of safety, stop, turn around, and remain there until the bus leaves. This is the time when the driver will count students and make sure they are all safely away from the bus.
- If the driver blows the horn, that means danger. The student needs to re-check traffic if they see nothing they should look back to the driver for further instructions.
The procedures described above are required by Ohio Law
STOPFINDER Parent App: Please call the Transportation Office for an invite and check out the short video on the website to find out how to use the STOPFINDER Features. Depending on your phone's refresh rate the bus may be closer than you think.
Watching the bus on the app may mean your child misses the bus. We recommend setting up Geo Alerts 3 to 4 blocks away so you can be alerted when your bus is nearing your stop. This is very helpful on the days when the bus is running late.
Don't forget to turn on push notifications for the STOPFINDER app in your phone's settings for timely messages about your bus route.
Indian Hill Transportation
513.272.4531