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Welcome to Haven Schools Transportation

We are committed to serving our students in a safe and courteous manner daily. While not required by Florida law, Haven Schools strives to provide transportation to support parents who have elected to send their children to one of the top performing public charter schools in the State of Florida. We have a fleet of buses and certified drivers to serve our families.

A request for transportation must be completed through the following link.

Link to apply: Apply for Transportation

Contact haventransportation@bayhaven.org for any issues or questions, or call 850-248-0843

Due to limited resources, we will receive more requests for transportation than we have seats available. Requests submitted are processed in the order received if the address on the transportation request matches the official address on the student's records in FOCUS. If the address does not match, the request cannot be processed. The parent may submit another request after the school is provided with two proofs of residence so the address can be changed in FOCUS.


Please keep the following in mind:
  • A student’s residence as identified in FOCUS determines their eligibility.
  • The requesting legal parent shall complete and submit the online transportation request.
  • The Transportation staff shall enter the FOCUS address in Google Maps and determine the total distance from the school of attendance. If the student resides between 2 and 10 miles of the school, according to our calculations, and the residence is not north of the Bailey Bridge or west of the Hathaway Bridge, then they will be eligible for transportation.
  • Please note that if you have more than one child, and they attend separate schools, one may qualify and the other may not.
  • We are not allowed to go outside our contract and make exceptions.
  • We hope all who desire to use the transportation system are eligible; however, we have a limited bus fleet and your child may be on a waiting list for transportation.
  • If you have custodial situations where the student resides with one parent one week and one another, we do not have the resources to accommodate alternating week requests, unless the two addresses are on the same bus route. We cannot hold seats on two separate buses for this. The request would have to be submitted for the official residence in Focus.
If you have questions or issues, please email haventransportation@bayhaven.org for assistance.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if my child is eligible for transportation to and from a Haven School?

A student enrolled and attending one of the five Haven Schools may be eligible for Haven transportation with respect to the charter organization’s contract with Bay District Schools and Florida Statute 1002.33. A student’s residence as identified in FOCUS determines their eligibility. The requesting legal parent must complete and submit the online transportation request. The transportation staff will enter the FOCUS address in Google Maps and determine the total distance from the school of attendance. If the student resides between 2 and 10 miles of the school, according to our calculations, and the residence is not north of the Bailey Bridge or west of the Hathaway Bridge, then they will be eligible for transportation. Please note that if you have more than one child, and they attend separate schools, one may qualify and the other may not. We are not allowed to go outside our contract and make exceptions. We hope all who desire to use the transportation system are eligible; however, we have a limited bus fleet and your child may be on a waiting list for transportation.


Who is a qualified adult?

A person becomes a qualified adult when a parent or guardian signs and notarizes an authorized student pick up form (above) giving the qualified adult permission to pick up a kindergarten through third grade student from a neighborhood bus stop. Those listed on the notarized pickup form must show a driver’s license or other acceptable identification to the driver before the child is released to their care. The legal parent or guardian must meet the bus at the neighborhood bus stop and identify for the driver those eligible to pick up their student.


What are my responsibilities as a parent?

1. If your student is eligible to ride in the morning, then you must have them at the pre-arranged site in the morning in advance of bus departure. If you are late, do not chase the bus. It is not allowed to stop. You will have to take your child to the next pickup location stated on the website.


3. If your student is eligible to ride the in the afternoon, then our buses will take your student to one of the neighborhood bus stops.


The parent is responsible for the following:


a) An adult must be present to receive any child in grades kindergarten through third grade at the assigned neighborhood bus stop. If the qualified legal parent or guardian is not at the neighborhood bus stop to receive the child on time, the bus will continue the route and keep the student on the bus. The driver will call the transportation director on the bus radio and alert him/her that the child did not have a qualified adult at the bus stop. The child can be picked up at any subsequent neighborhood bus stop by the qualified adult, or they will be returned to their assigned elementary school and placed in After Care . The parent or guardian will be charged for the After Care service at the daily rate.


b) Parents or guardians, who desire to assign a student who is in grade 6 - 12 to escort a kindergarten through third grade student home, must sign a release with Haven Transportation and have it signed and notarized by the school.


c) It is the parents’ responsibility to check for weather and make preparations for their child(ren) to have foul weather gear or to be on site to pick the child(ren) up at the appointed time.


What may I not do?

1. As a student, you may not bus jump! This means if you are assigned a bus, that is the bus you are to ride.


2. You may not have friends ride the bus home with your child unless you have received permission from the principal of the school your child attends, the friend rides the exact same bus, and we confirm with the parent that they indeed have requested this opportunity. Don’t assume it is alright to do this without school confirmation. We may not have a seat available.


3. You may not request we make “courtesy stops” for your convenience. We simply do not have the buses, the drivers, nor the finances to accommodate these requests.


4. Please do not send your child(ren) with big projects, band instruments or bulky equipment unless you have made prior arrangements with the bus driver and the school. Most of our buses are at capacity and cannot physically handle the extra equipment.

Bus Stops

Updated 08/09/22

MORNING STOPS


BUS 4 = BH 215 Wade Callaway/Parker
6:10 a.m. Carlisle Baptist Church (Boatrace and Berthe)
6:20 a.m. 3rd & Everitt
6:33 a.m. Winn Dixie at Hwy 231 and Transmitter

BUS 1 = BH 115 Luis Springfield
6:05 a.m. Parker Elementary School
6:15 a.m. High Praise Worship Center
6:32 a.m. Tommy Smith Bus Loop

BUS 6 = BH 117 Peggy St. Andrews/Lynn Haven
6:35 a.m. Emerald Coast Fellowship on Jenks Ave.
6:40 a.m. Winn Dixie on Hwy 77 (Lynn Haven)
6:45 a.m. 14th Street & Wyoming
6:50 a.m. Harvard & 12th
7:05 a.m. Hawks Landing Redtail & Broadwing

BUS 5 = BH 219 Mark Central & Panama City
6:10 a.m. Northside Elem
6:15 a.m. Andrews Place
6:20 a.m. Boys & Girls Club (19th & Deer Ave.)
6:22 a.m. 2100 Michigan Ave.
6:27 a.m. 27th & Frankfort
6:38 a.m. Harrison and Evans (Premier Estates)

BUS 2 = BH 119 Ron Downtown/Cove
6:05 a.m. Dollar General at Cherry St & Palo Alto
6:08 a.m. CVS @ Cove Blvd and 6th Street
6:15 a.m. Dog Park on Balboa Ave
6:25 a.m. MLK Rec Center on 14th Ct
6:35 a.m. 15th St & Sherman Ave (Bay Co. Fairgrounds)
6:45 a.m. Spring Field Community Church

AFTERNOON STOPS

BUS 5 = BH 219 Mark Central & Panama City
3:45 Lake Suzanne
3:50 River Brooke
4:06 Canal and Baldwin
4:10 Baldwin Rowe Apartments
4:12 Harrison Estates
4:15 Fairmont
4:17 Jenks and Joy
4:25 14th and Massachusetts
4:27 Northshore and Wind Jammer
4:33 Capri and Venetian
4:40 Stanford and 28th
4:42 Malone Drive
4:48 Northside Elementary
4:50 Lisenby and Stephens
4:52 1215 Emory
4:56 Macedonia Apts. on 17th
4:58 St. Andrews Apt. (Frankford)
5:01 B & G Club (19th and Deerfield)
5:03 2100 Michigan Ave (church)
5:05 2124 High St.
5:05 2101 High St.
5:10 Island View
5:14 Kings Rd and 30th Court
5:16 107 Queens Circle
5:18 2908 Kings Harbor
5:22 Frankford and 27th
5:35 End at Bay Haven





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