Region 1

Ridgewood’s special education transportation is arranged through Region 1 in Mahwah, a Coordinated Transportation Services Agency.

The bus company that will transport the student will contact the parent or guardian on the transportation form with information and a pick-up time prior to the start of service.
Pick-up and drop-off times may be inconsistent for the first weeks of school. Late additions or deletions of riders, changes in traffic patterns, bottlenecks at the school, and school schedule changes can cause routes to run off schedule at the start of the school year.
The student should be ready and waiting for the bus ten minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time. Drivers have other students to pick up and cannot wait for a child more than three minutes past the pick-up time. Transportation then becomes the responsibility of the parent.
Parents should inform the bus company if their child does not require transportation on a given day due to absence from school or if the parent will be transporting their child themselves.
Students may not be dropped off unattended unless other arrangements are made. If no one is home to receive your child at the end of the school day, Region 1 will attempt to contact the parent/guardian and the district. The bus company will follow our district's board policy for undeliverable children.
As the year progresses, students may be added to or deleted from routes, and this may change pick-up or drop-off times. The driver, aide, or bus company may change as well.
Questions and concerns about student transportation should be directed to the Ridgewood Public Schools Transportation Department. Parent requests for changes in transportation must be submitted in writing to the student’s case manager, who will, in turn, notify the Transportation Department. No changes will be made by Region 1 without an updated form submitted by the Ridgewood Transportation Department.

Region 1 Emergency Closing Procedures

If the Ridgewood Public Schools are closed due to inclement weather, no special education transportation will be provided.
If the majority of Region 1 districts are closed, all Region 1 transportation shuts down. This means that regardless of what school the student attends and where that school is located, the student will NOT be transported. If school is open, parents have the option of transporting their child to and from school themselves.
Parents can find out if Region 1 transportation is shut down by calling 201-762-2470 and listening for the message.

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