Collier Connect - All students in grades K-12 will be provided a laptop to use for the 2024-25 school year.

Technology support is available to students and parents by visiting www.collierschools.com/CollierConnect.

The schools listed below will continue to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost during the 2024-2025 school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP):

ELEMENTARY

• Avalon Elementary
• Calusa Park Elementary
• Eden Park Elementary
• Golden Gate Elementary
• Golden Terrace Elementary
• Herbert Cambridge Elementary
• Highlands Elementary
• Lely Elementary
• Lavern Gaynor Elementary
• Lake Trafford Elementary
• Manatee Elementary
• Mike Davis Elementary
• Palmetto Elementary
• Parkside Elementary
• Pinecrest Elementary
• Shadowlawn Elementary
• Village Oaks Elementary
• Alternative School
• Everglades City School

 MIDDLE

• East Naples Middle
• Golden Gate Middle
• Immokalee Middle
• Manatee Middle
• Alternative School
• Everglades City School

 HIGH

• Golden Gate High
• Immokalee High
• Lely High
• Alternative School
• Everglades City School

 
Schools not included in the list above will return to a paid lunch system; breakfast will continue to be offered at no cost. The price for school lunch meals will be as follows:

• $2.50 - elementary school student lunch
• $2.75 - middle and high school student lunch
  
  

If your school is moving to the paid lunch system, you may still qualify for free/reduced lunch by completing a meal beneifts application BEFORE the first day of school. Click here to access the meal benefits application.

All students must be up-to-date on all required immunizations BEFORE the first day of school. This does NOT include the COVID-19 vaccine. Whether or not to vaccinate a child for COVID-19 is the decision of parents.

Click here for immunization information.

Parents of bus riders make sure to download our WheresTheBus™ mobile app. This free app will provide you with timely information about the location of your child’s bus, including when it will arrive at your child’s designated bus stop.

Click here for information about the WheresTheBus app.

Bus schedules are now available at bus.collierschools.com.
Parents of bus riders can look up bus stop locations using their child's Student ID and birthdate. We encourage parents to look up their child's stop location as soon as possible in order to be prepared for the first day of school.

Beginning of School Year

On the first day of school (August 13) and during the first week, we anticipate that many routes may run late, particularly during afternoon drop-off, as school staff, students, and drivers get familiar with new schedules. Your patience is greatly appreciated. Parents should expect buses to be 30 (or more) minutes late on the first day of school.

Things to keep in mind during the first week of school:

• Students should arrive at their bus stop 5 minutes prior to the scheduled time.
• For parents of new bus riders, please help your child(ren) memorize their 6-digit student ID, which they will be asked to enter when boarding and exiting the bus until they receive their ID badges from their school.

What may cause delays during the first week of school?

• Many students are first-time bus riders or attending new schools and uncertain of what bus they ride.
• School staff take extra time getting students onto buses.
• Drivers are getting familiar with new routes and/or new students, and need to take extra time at bus stops to make sure the students are dropped off at correct stops.
• Delays should be expected at the high school level as longer delays at the elementary and middle school levels will cause a trickle down effect.

Times should greatly improve over the first few weeks of school as staff and students become more familiar with their schedules. We appreciate your patience as we work to safely transport 20,000 kids daily.