Bus Badge Guidance from PISD

We are adding a layer of support to help our bus drivers more easily identify our youngest student riders as they unload at their respective bus stop.

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Your Pre- Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade students will have a color-coded bus badge attached to their backpacks by their teachers in the coming days. The bus badge will list your student’s name, grade, school, bus route and bus stop location. This will serve as a visual tool for the driver to better monitor these students as they ride and exit the bus at their bus stop.

Parents will also receive a corresponding color-coded official bus placard needed daily for student pickup at the bus stop. Each student will receive three bus placards.

Bus badges must be worn daily to ride the bus. In the event your Pre-K, Kinder, or 1st grade student does not wear their badge they will not be transported.

Pre-K, K, and 1st Grade Bus Stop Placard Requirements

Should the parent/guardian/designee forget or misplace the bus placard for pickup, they will need to step to the side and allow all other students to disembark the bus. The parent/guardian/designee will need to present a legal form of photo identification (Driver’s license, Identification card or Passport) for official verification to be released. The driver will need to contact Dispatch to confirm authorization to release. This procedure will be followed and enforced for the safety of your student. Replacement bus badges and bus placards are available by emailing buses@pisd.edu and requesting a replacement bus badge. Please include your student’s campus, name, and student ID number.

Please review the PISD Bus Badge Guidance for more detailed information: PISD Bus Information

For help with an immediate need concerning a bus running late or an item lost on the bus, contact:
Dispatch Call Center (469) 752-0792