Welcome to Oak Harbor Intermediate School. We are excited to have your fifth or sixth-grader join us this school year. While we are prepared to serve these students, we are asking for parents' help by reading this Intermediate School Transportation page to make sure our students and families remain safe as they enter and exit our school. 

Removal or Release of Students During School Hours:

Students may be released from school during school hours by an authorized individual only.  Before a student is released, the person seeking to remove the student must present a valid photo identification that matches authorizations supplied to our office by the student’s parent/guardian. Authorized individuals will be required to provide written documentation to release the student on the attendance sign-in/out roster. Students will be called out of class upon the arrival of an authorized individual to the office and will not be called out of instruction time early to wait in the office area. 

Due to the end of the day logistics, we are unable to fulfill student release requests within 10 minutes of the dismissal bell. If you feel you have an urgent issue or emergency requiring special consideration, please see the front office, and we will do our best to accommodate as appropriate.

If you have any questions about the transportation procedures, please call us at 360.279.5300.

Transportation Options

Please use InfoFinder, type in your home address, and the school your child will attend, and you'll receive pickup times, drop-off times, bus numbers, and the entire route of the bus.  Plus, you can't be late for school when riding the yellow bus.

Driving:

A road was created on the east end of the school that connects 3rd Street to 6th Street.  This is mostly a two-lane and one-way road with an expanded student pick-up and drop-off area and additional parking for parents. However, as cars exit the drop-off area and get close to the main doors of the campus, the two lanes merge into one.  Please be careful during this time, watch for cars and students when merging.

There are other available drop-offs and pick-up locations around the school.  Oak Harbor Public Schools came to an agreement with the adjacent Baptist Church to allow families to use their parking spaces at the beginning and end of each school day.  Parents can also pick up and drop off on SW Dyer Street, at the cul-de-sac on Oak Harbor Street, along 6th Street, and on 3rd Street.  

Bussing:

Many of our buses are equipped with Stop Paddle Camera system to record violators who illegally pass a school bus with its red flashing lights

Main Entrance Drop Off/Pick Up Instructions

If you prefer the main entrance as your drop off/pick up point, then please watch the following video.  We ask that if you take this route that you remain patient. Modifications to drop off and pick up procedures will occur throughout the school year to create smoother transitions. For walkers, there is a sidewalk from 3rd Ave so students can enter and leave safely from either side of the campus.

Idle-Free Zones

As a reminder, all parking spots on our campus are Idle-Free Zones. This includes the spots in front of the school and in the parent pick-up line while you are waiting for the 2:50 p.m. dismissal bell.  Please turn off your vehicle, even if someone is waiting inside it.  This helps keep the air clean for our students and staff.  Thank you for your attention to this health and safety matter.

Idling Hurts Young Lungs

Idling your car's engine sends engine exhaust into the air that hurts our environment and –
especially -- our kids. 

Car exhaust contains carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, and cancer-causing toxins such as benzene.

Car exhaust is more dangerous for children because:

• their lungs are still developing
• they breathe faster than adults, and
• they breathe 50% more air per pound of body weight.