Transportation

In order to serve the Catholic families of eastern Long Island, where the distance to St. John’s is greater than the 15 miles a local public school district is obligated to serve, St. John the Baptist High School and the Diocese of Rockville Centre operate a transportation system. Busses are provided at no charge to serve Diocesan high school students their families.
 
-There are three lines, designated by a color. The lines are:

•    RED serving the north shore of Suffolk
•    BLUE begins in Riverhead and runs down the center of the island
•    GREEN begins on the South Fork and runs along the south shore

-Each bus line is designed as express service to St. John the Baptist. Specific stops are at Diocesan properties.

-A St. John’s ID is all your student needs as identification to ride the bus.
-Each bus makes three trips-a-day; a morning pick-up designed to deliver the students to school by 7:40am in time to make their homeroom, a ‘dismissal bus’ which leaves shortly after the regular school day ends, and a ‘sports & activity bus’ which leaves at 5:30 pm allowing students from eastern communities to be full participants in St John’s school life.

-Return service busses are positioned on the east side of St. John’s (by the tennis courts) to facilitate their speedy departure. They are operated by ‘Montauk Bus’ Company and have signs marking their specific route (RED, BLUE or GREEN). They are full-sized buses at pick-up and dismissal, and small buses for late bus service.
-The staff managing the release of students at St. John’s are familiar with the bus plan and can help assure that your student finds and boards the correct bus home.
-The bus is provided as a service to students and their families and subject to the rules of conduct we expect of every student.

-Site Coordinators will be staffing the pick-up and drop off locations to help assure the safety and convenience of the bus riders. They will have access to the facilities in the event of inclement weather and to give students access to rest rooms before or after their trip.
-Notices of special times to support early dismissals, half-days and noon dismissals, and the expected drop-off times will be provided in advance of their occurrence.
-Parents are asked for their cooperation by making timely drop-offs and pick-ups to and from the bus stops.

Rocky Point Knights of Columbus, Jon Romano and Steven Spector, wait at daybreak for the arrival of one of three buses the Diocese runs to transport students from eastern Long Island to St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School daily.