The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District and Chippewa Yellow Bus have been accommodating families with bus deviations for over 50 years. A bus deviation is a form that is filled out and allows a student to ride a bus to somewhere other than their home, as long as the deviation does not add time or distance to the route.

The number of bus deviations continues to grow from year to year and with each change comes more management of information and student whereabouts, thus potentially having a negative impact on student safety. Student safety is the top priority of the school district and bus company, and in order to not jeopardize this we need to make a couple of improvements to help with management and safety of student transportation.

Those improvements include:

• What were previously called “bus deviations” in the past will now be referred to as “student rerouting requests”.
• Starting with the 2020-2021 school year all student rerouting requests will originate at the Chippewa Yellow Bus Company. Please contact Chippewa Yellow Bus Company at 715-726-2454.
• Each family will need to create a consistent weekly schedule for the school year that is in place by August 1, 2020. Parents will be required to provide a calendar identifying dates.
• Transportation will be provided to the following daycare centers, where logistically possible.
• Rerouting requests need to stay within the school attendance boundaries. Requests for rerouting for split families, relatives, in home daycare services, and other situations will need to be within the student’s school attendance boundary.
• All student rerouting requests require a 24 hour notice and approval by the Chippewa Yellow Bus Company. This includes one time, or occasional rerouting requests.
• If necessary, families will be asked to create an alternate release schedule in the event that school closes early that will also need to be in place by August 1, 2020.
• A copy of the District Boundary Map can be found here.
• Questions can be directed to Chippewa Yellow Bus Company at 715-726-2454.