Transportation
Limited Bus Transportation 2009-2010
Winter may bring weather conditions that require school schedule delays or closure. Even when road conditions in the valley appear passable, bad weather on the hill often causes hazardous driving conditions and impact the district’s ability to operate buses safely. Expect buses to be late during severe weather. If buses cannot get up the hills on afternoon routes, students will be returned to their schools. Radio and television stations will be announcing schedule changes between 6 and 8 a.m. If Sumner School District is not mentioned, normal operations will prevail.
SCHOOLS OPEN, LIMITED TRANSPORTATION means schools will operate and buses will stop at all regular stops with the exception of the following:
Banker’s Island: No service. Students will be picked up & dropped off on Lakeridge Drive. |
Church Lake Drive between 71st St. E. & Vandermark: Students will be picked up and dropped off at 71st St E or at Vandermark. |
Country Highlands: Student pick up and drop off will be on Rhodes Lake Road. |
Forest Canyon and 166th Ave. (Conrad Johnson): No service. Students will be picked up and dropped off at Creator Lutheran Church. |
Interlake Island: Students will be picked up and dropped off on 195th Ave & 56th St E. |
McCutcheon: No service. Students will be picked up and dropped off at 92nd St. and Riverside or McMillin Church on 128th St. |
Myers Road from 81st St. to Hwy 410: Bus will not travel Myers Road from Hwy. 410 to 81st St. Students will be picked up and dropped off at storage units at the bottom of Myers Rd. |
North Tapps, Deer Island, Driftwood, Tacoma Point, Tapps Island: No service. Students will be picked up and dropped off at the fire station on West Tapps Drive and Sumner Tapps Hwy. |
Panorama Heights: Students will be picked up and dropped off at 109th St. Ct. E. and Panorama Blvd. |
Panorama West: No service. Students will be picked up and dropped off at 114th St. and Rhodes Lake Road. |
Parkside South: Student pick up and drop off at Evergreen Dr & Church Lk Rd and at 197th Ave & Church Lake Rd. |
Ponderosa: Student pick up and drop off at 202nd & La Paloma, and Bonanza & 210th Ave. |
Rhodes Lake Rd. between 114th St. E. and McCutcheon: No service. Students will be picked up and dropped off at 114th St and Rhodes Lake Rd. |
Sky Island: No pick up below 100th St. Students will be picked up and dropped off at 181st & 100th and 183rd & 100th. |
Sumner Heights Area: Students will be picked up and dropped off across from the Old Cannery. |
Sumner View Point: Students will be picked up and dropped off at 78th St E & 166th Ave E. |
162nd Ave. & Sumner Tapps, 164th Ave. & Sumner Tapps: Students will be picked up and dropped off at Creator Lutheran Church. |
182nd Ave. E. between 84th St. E. and Sumner-Buckley Hwy.: Students will be picked up/dropped off at 84th St and 182nd Ave. |
192nd Ave. South of Hwy. 410: Students will be picked up and dropped off in the WalMart parking lot on Hwy 410. |
62nd Street behind Lakeridge: Student pick up and drop off will be at 64th and Myers Road. |
74th St E: No service between Myers Rd E & 182nd Ave E. Students will be picked up and dropped off at 74th St E & 182nd Ave E. |
95th Loop St.: Students will be picked up and dropped off at Sky Island Drive and 184th Ave. |
SCHOOLS CLOSED means schools will be closed for the day. All after-school and evening activities will be canceled unless otherwise announced.
WEDNESDAY 90-minute LATE START MORNINGS If there is inclement weather on Wednesday mornings and a schedule change is not announced, all bus routes and schools will operate on the Wednesday 90-minute late start schedule.
EARLY DISMISSAL and DELAYED START In the event of a change in school operations due to inclement weather, information will be posted on the District Web site. Families may also receive e-mail notification through School Messages. The Emergency Hotline will have recorded updates.
EMERGENCY PLANS Each family should have a plan covering what to do when children arrive home early due to an emergency or weather-related situation. Please develop a plan and practice it with your child. If you will not be home, instruct your child as to where he or she should go in the event of an early dismissal due to emergency conditions. What is the best route home if your child cannot be delivered to the normal bus stop? Where could your child go if he or she needed help? Who would care for him or her until you arrive? Is there someone your child could call to calm any concerns he or she might have?
EMERGENCY HOTLINE: 253.891.6001
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