SCHOOL BUS INFORMATION The Department of Defense Dependent Schools (DoDDS) District Superintendent’s Office (DSO) manages all DoDDS school bus services in the Kaiserslautern District. All students requiring bus transportation must be registered each year at the Student Transportation Office (STO.) Office hours on non-school weekdays are 0730-1200 and 1300-1630. Customer service hours during the school year are 0815-1200 1300-1600 hours Monday thru Friday. However, during bus loading operations (1440-1510 hrs) the office is temporarily unmanned. The Student Transportation Office is closed US Holidays. BAUMHOLDER STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OFFICE Building 8801, Room 14, Baumholder Middle/High School Phone: DSN 485-6874 Commercial: 06783-3054 FAX Commercial: 063783-3053 Email:
[email protected] Mr. Michael Merz Transportation Specialist/QAE/COTR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES Baumholder Middle/High School DSN 485-7590 or 063783-5725 Smith Elementary School DSN 485-7587 or 063783-5693 Wetzel Elementary School DSN 485-7492 or 063783-6-7492 BUS SERVICES DoDDS school bus operations for the Baumholder schools’ complex are by commercial bus companies providing services specifically defined in contracts with DoDDS. The Baumholder STOs conduct quality assurance of those contracts to ensure that services are provided as required. All inquiries about DoDDS bus services should be addressed to the STO and not directly to the bus drivers, security attendants or other contractor employees. SCHOOL BUS REGISTRATION Initial registration for a bus pass has to be done at the Student Transportation Office. Students have to be registered every school year for bus transportation. New bus passes and the schedules are issued every year.