Somerset Academy Bethany is excited to be able to offer transportation for the 2025-2026 school year. Please note that our bus stops may not necessarily be convenient or close to your home. In an effort to cover a larger geographic region, we offer "depot stops." A depot stop may not be close to your home, but it is typically closer than driving to the school.  For students attending the Boys and Girls Club at the Chuck Hill Clubhouse, located on Marion Ave. after school, we offer transportation, but space is very limited.  Please get in touch with Transportation at 772-343-7028, ext 248, if your child needs transportation to the Boys and Girls Club.

Please click the link below for the transportation request form. 

For transportation questions, please email transportation@somersetcollegeprep.org

Transportation Request Form

Click the above link

Driving a school bus with 15 to 50 elementary children on board is a very hard, stressful job for our drivers. Their numerous responsibilities include student safety, behavior management, and dealing with unexpected situations such as traffic congestion, staying on schedule, and weather. The most challenging aspect for our drivers is student behavior management.

Please go over the following bus rules with your children and impress upon them the importance of following the rules.

BUS RULES:

• Children MUST obey the driver.
• Children MUST wear their seat belts when they are on the bus and sit in their assigned seats. No child should be standing or switching seats while the bus is in motion. Children should sit bottom-to-bottom, back-to-back, facing forward, for the entirety of the ride.
• Nothing should be in the aisle of the bus, including children’s legs, arms, heads, or backpacks.
• No eating, drinking, candy, or chewing gum is allowed on the bus.
• Children are to keep their lunch boxes & backpacks CLOSED and, on the floor, or on the seat next to them. They should NOT open their lunch boxes or backpacks on the bus for any reason.
• Children may have a stuffed toy, book, or a telephone or tablet to play on, but nothing should be removed from the backpack once they are on the bus. They should be left zipped and closed.
• No playdough, kinetic sand, bubbles, or other loose, messy toys are allowed on the bus. These items should be stowed away in your child’s backpack.
• No papers, notebooks, pencils, crayons, glue, scissors, or other stationery items should be out of the backpack. Homework is not to be done on the bus unless it is a reading assignment.
• Earbuds or headphones are to be worn when listening to music or playing games on their phones.
• The bus is a loud environment. Noise levels are to be kept to a minimum so as not to add to it. No screaming, yelling across the bus, or loud voices or noises. This is disruptive to the driver, who needs to be able to always hear and listen for other vehicles, including emergency vehicles, horns, and engine noise.
• No taking pictures or recording videos on the bus.

 

Good behavior starts at home, and we appreciate your help in teaching your child to understand and follow these rules when riding the school bus. THANK YOU for helping us with this.