Transportation
Find Your School's Bus Route:
Transportation & Bus Routes
First Student provides school bus transportation for eligible students residing within the Newberg-Dundee School District boundaries.
Eligibility Guidelines:
- Elementary Students: Eligible if living beyond a 1-mile radius from their assigned school.
- Secondary Students: Eligible if living beyond a 1.5-mile radius from their assigned school.
Finding Your Bus Route
Bus routes are updated regularly and available via downloadable PDFs above and directly within ParentVUE.
- Need help with routes? Call your school front office or First Student at 503-863-2633.
- Dual Language Families: For specific Edwards Elementary Dual Language route details, call 503-554-5050.
Track Your Bus in Real Time: FirstView® App
Monitor your child’s bus location and route progress directly from your smartphone with the FirstView 1.0 app.
- Download: Get the FirstView 1.0 app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
- Enter Security Code: Contact your student's school front office to retrieve your district code (see Directory below)
- Get App Support: Email [email protected] or call (888) 889-8920.
📝 Forms, Safety & App Downloads
School Bus Safety Guides
Alternate Busing Forms
- 📋 Alternate Busing Transportation Request Form (English PDF)
- 📋 Solicitud de Transporte Alternativo (Spanish PDF)
FirstView App & ParentVUE Guides
- 📱 FirstView GPS Registration Guide (English PDF)
- 📱 Guía de Registro FirstView GPS (Español PDF)
- 📱 FirstView Parent Launch Letter (English PDF)
- 📱 Carta para Padres sobre FirstView (Español PDF)
- ❓ ParentVUE vs. FirstView FAQ (English PDF)
- ❓ ParentVue FAQ (English PDF)
- ❓ Preguntas Frecuentes sobre ParentVUE
Special Services & Weather Policies
- Courtesy Transportation: Ineligible riders may request busing if seating permits on existing routes. Complete an Alternate Busing Transportation Request Form above and turn it in to your school office. Processing takes up to 2 weeks.
- Snow & Inclement Weather Routes: Modified weather routes apply primarily to Parrett Mountain, Bald Peak, and the Red Hills during dangerous road conditions.
- Special Needs Transportation: Bus drivers contact parents directly prior to the start of the school year to arrange individual accommodations.
- Bus Safety Rules: All buses feature video security cameras. Assigned seating may be implemented to support student safety.
Contact Information Directory
School Front Offices (For FirstView Security Codes)
- Crater Elementary: 503-554-4650
- Dundee Elementary: 503-554-4850
- Edwards Elementary: 503-554-5050
- Ewing Young Elementary: 503-554-4750
- Joan Austin Elementary: 503-554-4550
- Mabel Rush Elementary: 503-554-4450
- Chehalem Valley Middle: 503-554-4600
- Mountain View Middle: 503-554-4500
- Newberg High School: 503-554-4400
- Catalyst Program: 503-554-4492
- Chehalem Online Academy: 503-554-4595
First Student Transportation Main Office
Address: 1000 Commerce Pkwy, Newberg, OR 97132
Main Line: 503-863-2633
Office Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (Monday – Friday, except holidays)
- Manager (Bobbi Jo Richlick): Direct: 503-863-2647 | Cell: 503-572-9790 | [email protected]
- Assistant Manager (Parker Davis): [email protected]
- Dispatchers (Kari Kent / Brenda Slagle): [email protected] | [email protected]
- Tech in Charge (Todd Windsor): [email protected]