Oak Creek School Times, Buses To Be Affected By COVID-19 Plans

OAK CREEK, WI — As Oak Creek-Franklin School District officials get ready for the start of the fall school year, assigned seating on buses, different bus stop times and different start and end times for schools are all part of the plan.

According to a letter written to families on July 8, new COVID-19-related safety precautions will have an effect on how students are moved to and from school.

"In our district, this represents several thousand students being transported to school via bus on any given day. We are preparing for more walkers, bikers, and driver drop-offs as well," Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District officials wrote.

According to district officials, here are some safety measures that will be in place for buses:

• Riteway will strongly encourage all drivers to wear facial coverings, and we strongly encourage all students who feel comfortable to wear facial coverings.
• Riteway will disinfect all high-touch areas of each bus before, between and following each route.
• Signs will be present in the bus as a visual reminder of ways to help mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
• Riteway and the District will review bus stops to help limit the number of children at a bus stop and modify or add stops when appropriate.
• Students will be assigned seats on the bus.

"Disinfecting high touch areas will add approximately 3-5 minutes between each tier, and each additional bus stop adds approximately 45 seconds to a route. Both of these are very important in aiding our students in being safe, but given these adjustments to the timing of routes, school start and end times at the elementary schools and middle schools must be reviewed to ensure that our students are able to arrive at school and be ready to learn for their first period of the day. Any future changes will be clearly communicated," officials wrote.