Transportation

Bus stops and routes are designed with consideration of safety, efficiency, least cost and shortest over-all ride times. Bus stops are located at corners or intersections whenever possible and are usually central to where all of the students are coming from. Some house stops are made on very busy roads or mid-way on long streets. We generally do not send regular route buses into culs-de-sac or dead end roads unless it is more than 1/2 mile to the nearest through street, because of lack of safe access. Bus stops will generally be closer to student's houses for younger students. Older students will be expected to walk farther to bus stops. The district cannot provide a majority of bus stops that are visible from student's houses. We do encourage parents to be out at bus stops for the safety of their children.

If you find that your child is the first on and/or last off the bus and is the only one at the bus stop, and you would like your child to use another stop with other students, please call our office and we can reassign your child to the nearest stop with other students. Parents would be responsible for getting their children to and from the new stop.

Please note that bus drivers are not allowed to make bus stop changes without approval from the transportation office. Bus stop changes are not made during the first two weeks of school except to accommodate new students moving into the district or those with daycare changes. If you have questions or concerns about bus stops, please call our office at (952) 975-7500.

If your student does not ride the bus for 10 consecutive days, your child will be removed from his/her bus route. To reactivate your student's bus stop, please contact the transportation office.

• Guns including play guns
• Knives or other sharp objects
• Gasoline engines or cans
• Animals, insects or fish
• Matches, lighters
• Glass items, aerosol products
• Laser pens
• Skis, ski poles, hockey sticks (Nordic ski team equipment is allowed if skis and poles are in a bag and not blocking an emergency exit)
• Skateboards, scooters
• Golf clubs, lacrosse sticks, baseball bats (Lacrosse sticks and baseball bats for a school event may be allowed if kept up front by the driver. Bats must be contained in the bat bag. No items may ever block an emergency exit)
• Anything Latex (Such as balloons)
• Any items of dangerous or objectionable nature 

Our goal is for students to have a safe and respectful ride to and from school. We appreciate your cooperation.

Students who participate in after-school activities may ride an activity bus home. The activity buses depart Central Middle School at 5:40 p.m. and depart Eden Prairie High School at 5:50 p.m.  The bus routes and stop locations can also be accessed below.

Bus Routes and Stop Locations

Route A

Route B

Route C

Route D