Lafayette Elementary School Transportation Resources

Walking and Bicycling Infrastructure:
An extensive network of comfortable biking and walking paths leads to campus, highlighted in green. There is an overpass above Hwy 287 at Emma St.

Click here for tips on walking to school.

Click here for tips on biking to school.

Bike Parking:
There is ample bike parking on the south side of the building, near the staff lot.

Registering for the Bus:
Students who are eligible for school bus service must register on Infinite Campus to ride the bus. Students who are assigned to a route will receive a Bus Pass from their driver. The Bus Pass must be swiped every time a student boards or disembarks from the bus. Please do not send your student to the bus stop if they have not been approved to ride the bus.

Bus Driver Shortage:
Unfortunately, due to the current bus driver shortage, BVSD may not be able to transport all eligible students. If you are able to get your student to school on your own, we encourage you to decline bus service on Infinite Campus, in order to free up a space for a student with no other options.

After the school year begins, if there happens to be space on the bus, transportation-eligible students who initially declined bus service may request a spot on the bus by calling the Transportation Department. 

Who is eligible for bus service?

• Students with special needs who have a transportation clause in their IEP
• McKinney Vento students
• Students who live outside of the walk boundary:
  • Elementary (grades K-5): 1.5 miles
  • Middle School (grades 6-8): 2 miles
  • High School (grades 9-12): 2.5 miles

Space Available Application:
Students who are not eligible for the bus may apply on Infinite Campus for a Space Available seat on the bus, starting in August. The Space Available program provides an opportunity for students who are not transportation-eligible to apply for a seat on a school bus, if there is available capacity. Space Available applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Applying for a seat on the bus via the Space Available program does not guarantee a seat on the bus. Please note, no new stops will be created for the Space Available program. Existing stops must be utilized.

Ride Free Lafayette is a free, on demand, door-to-door bus service that connects people to places within the City of Lafayette. 

RTD to Lafayette Elementary:

Jump Route

Route 225

Use the RTD Trip Planner to make plans to get to your destination.

Visit How to Ride to answer any questions you may have.

The RTD Bike-n-Ride program makes it easy to combine transit and bicycling.  All buses are equipped with bike racks on the front of each bus.

If you have more questions, go to rtd-denver.com or call RTD at 303-299-6000.

RTD has reduced the local fare for students to 90 cents. This is a 70% discount from the adult fare. Youth tickets may be purchased at local King Soopers stores or via the RTD app. 

If you need help getting your children to and from school, a carpool might be a good option. BVSD has partnered with the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) to utilize their SchoolPool tool that helps match families, by school, to organize a carpool.

All BVSD schools have their own SchoolPool carpool network. Invitations to join your school's network will be sent in August for the upcoming school year. 

This secure matching system will connect you with families in your neighborhood to share the responsibilities of going to school and back by carpooling, walking, biking or riding either RTD or the school bus together. 

For questions or to request your school's link, contact BVSD at SafeRoutes@bvsd.org or Mia Bemelen at Way to Go (MBemelen@drcog.org).

For those families who live too far to bike or walk the entire distance to school, a park and walk (or bike) is an excellent choice to avoid the hassle of the hug-n-go lane. 

Get a little exercise in before school, take The 3 Block Challenge!

Select a location outside of the inner circle of the map and have your student walk or bike from there. Getting a 10-20 minute walk in before school is a great way to get the brain ready to learn!

Trip Tracker encourages and rewards students and families for using alternatives to single family car transportation to BVSD schools. The program goal is to significantly reduce car traffic and associated air pollution in front of schools thereby enhancing student safety and health.​ 

Students are rewarded monthly for walking, biking, carpooling and riding either the school bus or RTD.  Students receive Trip Tracker dollars that can be used like cash at dozens local businesses or donated to local non-profit organizations, like your school.

Trip data is collected monthly via a Google survey. The first Trip Tracker survey of the school year will be shared with families at the end of September and the final survey will be shared at the end of April. Once the surveys are tabulated each month, Trip Tracker dollars are sent to schools, typically mid-month, to be distributed to students.

Questions? Email TripTracker@bvsd.org