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Our Transportation Department provides safe travel to get our students to school and back home each day. Bus routes will be available for your reference.
Please consult our District Health Handbook for information on transportation services for students with special needs. If you have any issues with student transportation, please contact our Transportation Department at (870) 864-5006.
Be sure to check out these Bus Safety Tips if your child rides the bus each day.
Students who are bus riders will need to keep their Smart Tag for the 2024-25 school year. If you can't find it, you'll need to visit the school during open house or before school starts to purchase a new tag. Students entering grades 5, 7, and 9 will receive new Smart Tags, which will be available for pick-up at open house.
If you have questions about your child’s bus route you may call the transportation office to check on the route number.
*Please note that the bus route number will be located on the bus next to the entrance door as a black number on a white background. The route number is not the same as the bus number. *ALL TIMES ARE ESTIMATES DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC, WEATHER, AND VARIOUS CONDITIONS. Please arrive a few minutes early to your stop and wait patiently if the bus is a few minutes behind schedule.
SMART Tag monitors the location of each of ESD's school buses and shows student loading and unloading information in real time for parents. Guardians are encouraged to download the SMART Tag app to their devices to stay connected with bus route information.
Click here to download the SMART Tag app on IOS or Android.
Sheldon Williams
Transportation & Student Services Director
Email Sheldon Williams
Sara Dockery
Transportation & Maintenance Secretary
Email Sara Docker
(Must be logged in to your school Google account to access)
Please complete the Bus Reservation Form if you need transportation for field trips. Forms should be completed 30 days in advance for out of town trips and 10 days in advance for in town trips. A Student Trip List needs to be turned in to the Transportation Office 48 hours in advance of the trip.