West Campus Transportation
We offer our families transportation options to fit a variety of situations and needs.West Campus Transportation Program Updates for the 2022-2023 School Year:
- Neighborhood Bus Stops for all routes—more efficient routing means less time on the school bus for your student. More time for sleep, homework, and fun!
- Campus-to-Campus Shuttle to and from the East Campus
- Carpool requirements (driver plus two West Campus students per vehicle) will be strictly enforced. Morning drop-off (7:25-8:15 a.m.) and afternoon pick up (3:15-4:00 p.m.)
- Incomplete carpools can access the West Campus between 7:15 and 7:25 a.m., and after 4:00 p.m.
Transportation Options
Bus Program
All bus routes will be located at neighborhood stops. More efficient routing means less time on the school bus for our students. Based on sign ups, we will determine our West Campus routes and email families during the summer.
Areas We Serve:
- Benedict Canyon
- Beverly Hills
- Brentwood Glen
- Cheviot Hills
- Coldwater Canyon
- Pacific Palisades
- Riviera/Mandeville
- South LA
- San Fernando Valley
- Santa Monica
- Stone Canyon
- Valley
- Westwood
Routes and bus stops are subject to change based on sign-ups.
Cost
There is no additional cost for riding the school bus.
Campus-to-Campus Shuttles
The Campus-to-Campus Shuttles to and from the East Campus is for students with an East Campus sibling or parent.
Walking
We strongly encourage our families who live a short distance from the West Campus to walk to school. Besides the many physical, emotional, and environmental benefits gained from walking, your contribution to lower the traffic around the West Campus directly benefits our community.
Walking Safety Tips
- Walk on sidewalks and in crosswalks whenever possible.
- Look left, then right, then left again, before you step into the street.
- Be careful of blind spots around cars, trucks, and buses when walking near or around them. Always assume the driver does not know you are there.
- Use caution when crossing intersections and streets. You may think vehicles will stop for you, but they may not see you and may not be able to stop in time.
- Before entering the street, make eye contact with any drivers stopped at the corner.
- Make yourself visible.
Public Transportation
Riding Big Blue Bus and LA Metro Rail or Bus
Brentwood School can be reached via Big Blue Bus Route 15, which connects to LA Metro’s Expo Line at the Expo/Bundy Station (located on Exposition Blvd. and Bundy Dr.). The closest stop to Brentwood School is at the end of the line, on Barrington Place and Chayote Street. Brentwood School can also be reached by taking LA Metro Bus Route 602 on Sunset Blvd. from PCH to Westwood. The closest Line 602 stop to campus is at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Barrington Ave.
How to Ride Big Blue Bus
If you're new to riding the bus, watch this 2-minute video!
If you’re an advance planner or like the excitement of traveling on a whim, having smart technology at your fingertips makes it easy to get going. With these trip-planning apps, your mobile phone is set to provide real-time transit directions for bus, train, bike, and travel by foot. Your next adventure is just a download away.
Planning Your Trip on Big Blue Bus? App It!
If you’re an advanced planner or like the excitement of traveling on a whim, having smart technology at your fingertips makes it easy to get going. With these trip-planning apps, your mobile phone is set to provide real-time transit directions for bus, train, bike, and travel by foot. Your next adventure is just a download away.
Transit App
Transit is user-friendly platform for planning routes and checking current departure times for nearby transit.
Google Maps
Google your way around town with easy-to-get transit directions for bus, train, bike, and travel by foot.
NextBus
Through NextBus, Big Blue Bus and Metro Bus offer riders real-time bus arrival predictions and bus vehicle locations through its easy-to-use apps.
Paying Your Fare
Big Blue Bus offers a $19 30-Day Youth Pass (ages 5-18) providing unlimited rides (any line, any time) during a consecutive 30-day period. LA Metro offers a reduced-fare Student TAP Card that lets you enjoy limitless rides on all LA Metro trains and buses for $24 a month.
How to Get a Student TAP Card
To apply for the Student TAP card you'll need to fill out and submit a Student TAP Card Application and provide proof of enrollment with one of the following documents:
- Current report card; OR
- Current valid school ID; OR
- Class schedule with the total number of units and/or in-classroom hours; OR
- Official letter from school verifying enrollment
Interagency Transfers on TAP
Save money with a TAP card! Students can transfer from Big Blue Bus to LA Metro (or vice versa) for just $0.50! First, make sure you have a TAP Card loaded with Stored Value in order to transfer. Here’s how it works:
Step 1: Get a Reduced Fare Student TAP card (details above) or a regular TAP card.
Step 2: Load Stored Value (works like cash) on your Student TAP card from anywhere TAP cards are sold, Metro Rail Stations, online at www.taptogo.net, or by calling TAP at 866-827-8646.
Step 3: Tap your card on your first trip.
Step 4: When transferring to another agency like LA Metro, tap again and the transfer fare of $0.50 will be automatically deducted from your TAP card.
Resources
Big Blue Bus Customer Policy
Big Blue Bus Riding Tips
Carpool
If a student is not riding the bus or walking to and from school, it is very important they are in a carpool with other students in order for the school to meet our Conditional Use Permit requirements. Morning drop-off (7:25-8:15 a.m.) and afternoon pick up (3:15-4:00 p.m.) will have carpool requirements of at least two (2) West Campus students per vehicle and will be strictly enforced. Non-carpool parent/guardian drivers may drop off their child between 7:15 and 7:25 a.m. and pick up their child after 4:00 p.m.
Unfortunately, the Conditional Use Permit does not recognize students who attend other schools or our East Campus as qualified members of the West Campus carpool. However, if you also have an East Campus student and a complete carpool, you may include your West Campus student in your car when you drop off on the East Campus if they are in 4th or 5th Grade. Your West Campus student may be dropped off at the East Campus and then taken to the East to West Campus shuttle, which departs at 8:00 a.m. This option is again available in the afternoon with a departure from the West Campus at 3:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. on Fridays.
The Brentwood School Public Safety Department will verify carpools during morning drop-off at the beginning of and throughout the school year.
Carpool Procedures
- Kindergarten families have a different schedule for the first few days. Please make the necessary arrangements if your carpool includes a Kindergarten child.
- Punctuality is important! If you are driving in a single child you need to arrive before 7:25 a.m. Please make certain that you allow enough time in the morning so children arrive before the morning gathering at the flagpole (8:15 a.m.). Carpooling students arriving after 8:15 a.m. are considered tardy.
- The drop-off time for all Lower School students will be 8:30-8:55 a.m. on Wednesdays regardless of carpool status.
- If you need to park during the morning drop-off, please drop off your child(ren) before going into the garage. For safety reasons, we cannot permit parking in the Bundy outdoor lot during the morning drop-off.
- Please DO NOT arrive before 3:15 p.m. for the afternoon pick-up. Parking or waiting on the neighborhood streets or in the driveway is not permitted. Arriving between 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Monday-Thursday or between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Fridays means less time waiting in line.
- The drop-off and pick-up route stipulate that you enter the drive by making a left-hand turn from Bundy. You may NOT turn off Sunset directly into our driveway nor may you turn right heading north on Bundy. Please make certain you follow the drop-off and pick-up route at all times, even when picking up from an after-school activity.
- Please remember that your watch or clock may vary from the “official time.” We realize that this can be a major source of aggravation, especially when you believe you have arrived on time, but the only way we can be consistent is to follow the school’s time.
- Please display your carpool sign in the window of your car every day. Signs not only identify the pick-up groups but also allow us to announce your arrival so your group can be ready and waiting. If you do not display your carpool sign in the window you will not be allowed to enter the carpool pick-up line. You will be directed back out to Bundy and will be in the last group allowed to pick up students. Bus riding families should also request a card if you anticipate picking up your child during the year. If you need extra signs for a nanny or other regular drivers, please contact the Lower School office.
- Parents should alert the school and their child(ren) of their assigned carpool drivers or any changes in carpool plans. It makes for a smoother afternoon pick-up if students are ready to respond when it is time to leave. Please remember to notify the school in writing (at carpool@bwscampus.com) by 11:00 a.m. of any playdates, sporting events, etc. which would change the carpool.
- As a general rule, we do not allow rideshare companies to pick up students from the West Campus.
Students who are dropped off in violation of these rules will be subject to discipline.
Drop-Off and Pick-Up Route
