Welcome to the Macon County School System's Department of Pupil
Transportation's web site! Our office is located at the Macon County Board
of Education in Lafayette, Tennessee.
This web site is designed to be used by parents, students, bus drivers and
other employees. Some of the questions that are answered on this site
include:
--Which bus does my child ride?
--Which school does my child attend?
--How do I contact the Transportation
Department?
These questions and more are answered by clicking the links
below.
Bus Routes
Bus Rules for
Students
School
Start Times
State Laws about
School Buses
School Bus
Policies
Employment
Information
How to Contact the
Transportation Department
Every school day, Macon County Schools Department of Pupil Transportation
takes 3,600+ students to school in the morning and brings them home in the
afternoon.
Below are some interesting facts concerning our Pupil Transportation
Department:
Number
of buses owned and operated: 50
Number
of morning bus routes: 45
Number
of afternoon bus routes: 45
Number
of different bus runs daily: 110
Total
number of full-time employees: 51
Total
number of part-time employees: 14
Number
of school buses in Tennessee: 8000+
Research by the National
Safety Council has shown school buses to be the
safest form of transportation
available -- safer than traveling
in airplanes, automobiles or passenger trains.