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Transportation & Bus Schedules

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Transportation and Bus Schedules

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Our students rely on transportation services to ensure safe travel to and from school.

First Student, Inc. (District Transportation Provider)
For questions about busing, please contact:
Timothy Morehead, Location Manager
520-209-7583
timothy.morehead@firstgroup.com
 
Kellie Cabaniss, Dispatcher
520-209-7581
kellie.cabaniss@firstgroup.com
 
MAC Transportation Center
4510 N. Camino Escuela
Tucson, AZ 85718

 

Passenger Rules and Information (PDF)

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Bus Schedules

Bus Schedules

To see your bus routes and stops, please log in to ParentVUE and click on the Student Info tab. The bottom-most section, Bus Information, contains a link to the bus route documents. Please note that you'll need to use your student's school email and Google password (listed in the Google Login Information section immediately above this section) to be able to access the bus schedules.

Activity Bus Information:

Each middle school provides *two activity buses to cover all areas of the district.

Activity buses run daily and depart between 4:15 PM and 4:30 PM.

  • Students will be dropped off at their regular bus stops.
  • If it’s your first time riding the activity bus, let the driver know your stop when you board.
  • The driver will let you know if you need to switch to the other activity bus to reach your stop.

*On days when ridership is anticipated to be significantly smaller, two routes may be consolidated to one.

Your students route can be tracked in real time with our Firstview app.

Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment Bus Application Information (PDF)

Fast Facts About Our Bus Transportation

A man in a safety vest stands next to a yellow school bus, pointing to the side of the bus that reads 'Catalina Foothills S.D. No.16'.

 

  • We have 25 daily routes with 35 total buses in our fleet
  • We have 2 types of buses we utilize in our district. Transit buses (flat nose buses that have a capacity of 84 students) Conventional buses (77 student capacity). 
  • We average approximately 2,100 students on our buses in the AM and PM buses combined.
  • The regular education buses travel 68 miles a day on average.
  • We utilize CFSD buses all over the state to take students to sports games, band trips and field trips.
  • We have an ‘on time percentage’ for school arrival of 98.9 percent. (Traffic delays and road closures put us behind on occasion.)
  • We have over 30 drivers taking students from home to school and driving your students to events.
  • All of our drivers are CPR/first aid certified.