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Below you will find:
A. Advice on having parents drive
B. How to get a bus
C. How to find a 15 passenger van or two
D. Possible financial support for transportation
E. Other Ideas
- Advice on having parents drive
This is the cheapest and most flexible way to get your students to Vida Verde.
Ask them a few times to be on time.
Make sure kids wear seat belts.
Drive together as a group. This helps everyone arrive at the same time, and not get lost.
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- Buses (best deals at the top of the list)
Make sure that you have scheduled the bus and that it will be at the school early on the correct day (sometimes busing companies make problems).
- Laidlaw -Richmond
10 am -1pm
Connie does the quotes
Richmond ph 510-237-2998
- Laidlaw -San Fran
66 passenger 84 passenger
availability: 10am - 1pm
$287 for 4 hours for either size bus
reserve at least 3 days in advance
SF phone 415-647-3159 SF fax 415-647-7354
- Laidlaw -San Jose
66 passenger 84 passenger
available 10am - 1pm, with some availability outside those times
$225 for 4 hours and 50 miles, $1.45/extra mile same price for all bus sizes
reserve at least 2 weeks in advance
talk to Patty, Gloria, Or Steve
San Jose ph 408-971-3466
- Schooler Line
66 passenger: $325 (1st 4 hours) 2nd day discounted, estimated total of $580
20 passenger: $250 (1st 4 hours)
We beat any price in the Bay!
415-331-1750 manager is Debra
- Pacific Coast Bus Service
47 passenger
$1052 for overnight drop off/pick up
415-284-1600
- El Camino Lines
25 and 47 passenger
for overnight pick up/drop off: $784 for 25 seater, $824 for 47 seater
650-588-0256
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- 15 passenger vans
- Company: Enterprise Rent A Car
15 passenger
Phone: 925-603-9291 or 925-609-6900x270 for special agent (Stephanie) 1-866-808-0228 is general #
Price: unknown
Reliability of company: unknown
Availability: unknown
- Company: Budget
12 passenger
Phone: 888-956-5247
Price: $408
Reliability: poor
General notes: The prices above are from September 2003, and may no longer be accurate.
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- Possible financial support for transportation
If your school has no money for busing and you will be forced to cancel your trip because of this, we have a precious resource for transportation funding. Please be scrupulous with this funding for it is easy to get and should only be used by those who have no other alternatives.
Please let someone at Vida Verde know if you are interested in a transportation grant.
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- Other Ideas
Public Transportation Discounts for School Groups
- CalTrain offers 1/2 price tickets for child ages 5-11. See www.transitinfo.org/Caltrain for more information.
- BART offers student tickets at a discounted price. To order BART tickets, schools will need to write or phone BART Group Sales, 800 Madison Street, 1st Floor, Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 464-6000. Students receive a 75% discount on their tickets; adult tickets are NOT discounted. Most grocery stores also carry discounted BART tickets. For more information see www.bart.gov/.
A Bus Funding Helper for Schools
Other Funding Sources
Science Supply Requests and Field Trips Commonly Rejected
- After-school programs
- Computers and computer peripherals
- Digital cameras
- Overnight field trips
- Outdoor gardens
- Projects totaling significantly more than $500
- School-wide assemblies or presentations
- Science fairs
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