2024 - 2025 BUS ROUTES

Welcome Back to School Message from Superintendent Chambers

TRANSPORTATION FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

2020 Performance Audit of the Okaloosa County School District

The Okaloosa County School District Transportation Department has offices in the north, central and south parts of the county to better serve our students and our schools. Our main objective is to transport students to and from school in a safe and timely manner every day. We have a fleet of 231 buses that transport over 16,000 students daily, covering three million miles in a single school year!

Besides transporting students, the Transportation Department also:

• Provides transportation for extra-curricular activities;

• Educates elementary students in bus safety;

• Trains prospective drivers in commercial driver training programs;

• Processes vehicle tags and registration for all schools and departments;

• Issues vehicle numbers.

Want to know the address and phone number of your student's school? Enter your home address into the School Site Locator below to find your zoned schools. The SchoolSite Locator will run on Internet Explorer version 9 and above as well as Chrome and Firefox. Internet Explorer 8 and below are not supported.

To find your student's bus route, visit 2024 - 2025 BUS ROUTES.

The District has begun using Bus Bulletin to send notifications to parents if there are unexpected delays or schedule changes involving a student's bus.If you would like to receive these notifications, please register at the Bus Bulletin website. For more information, view the Bus Bulletin flyer.

School buses provide the safest form of transportation in the United States. Nationwide each school year, approximately 470,000 school buses travel 4.3 billion miles transporting 25 million students to and from school and school-related activities. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics show that the fatality rate for school buses is 0.2 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled as compared to 1.5 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles for cars. School bus travel is approximately 8 times safer than travel in other types of vehicles. This unparalleled safety record is largely the result of the manner in which school buses are constructed.

• Safe Schools Training

• School Bus Rules

• Transportation Safety Instructions

• Buckle Up For Safety - Florida Statue

• School Bus Safety - Do You Know the Law

• National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration (NHTSA) In-Service on-line Training

• MIS 5060 Field Trip Request

• MIS 5185 Off Campus School Activity Form | MIS 5185 Spanish

• MIS 5186 Agreement Governing the Use of Private Autos for School Business

  • Student Transportation in Private Vehicles - SB Policy 12-11

  • Transporting Students in Private Vehicles - Technical Assistance Paper

• MIS 5327 Student Trip Request

Jay McInnis, Program Director of Transportation
 (850) 833-3555

Ryan Gore, Program Director of Transportation
 (850) 833-3555

Robert Martin, CDL Instructor and Safety Coordinator
(850) 833-6363

Fort Walton Beach Office: (850) 833-3555

• Ashley Ruskowski - (850) 833-3554

• Tim Roberts, Shop Foreman - (850) 833-3553

Niceville Office: (850) 833-4162

• Pam Jenks - (850) 833-4161

• James Banks, Shop Foreman - (850) 833-4163

Crestview Office: (850) 689-7301 

• Krista Berry - (850) 689-7227

• Kevin Bell, Shop Foreman - (850) 689-7228