• After 10+ consecutive school days of a student not riding the bus without providing prior notification in the Zūm app to cancel a student’s scheduled bus rides, BPS Transportation will communicate to families that their student is being opted out of the bus.

  • The communication will include instructions on how families can notify BPS Transportation (within 3 business days) that their student plans to return to the bus.

  • Students can keep their bus assignment if they return to riding the bus. Otherwise, they will be opted out of transportation and their bus assignment will be paused.

  • Students who are opted out will have the ability to reinstate transportation services at any time. To reinstate transportation services, families can notify the Transportation Department by completing a Reinstatement Form. A new bus assignment will be provided within 1-2 weeks as long as the student is still eligible for a yellow bus. 

  • Opt-outs carry over year-to-year. Students who have been opted out will remain opted out until they notify Transportation to reinstate bus service, including for the start of a new year.