I worked for this company for almost 3.5 years. They treat you like garbage , spread lies, and most are always crabby or moody . Specially the dispatch. This company is under new people as Mike stepped down( if that tells you anything ) it's bad that my kids have to ride for this company . I do not recommend this place for employment as they treat everyone like garbage, lie, if I could give 0 stars I would. read more

They doxed my child when I submitted a negative review of their company. I submitted a negative review of their company because they contract with my children's school district. I have had numerous complaints regarding the bus service, the school administration directed me to their contractors as the appropriate party to express my displeasure. As much as I'm upset that the Anoka Hennepin school district is employing contractors that are making my children unsafe, doxing my child is a step WAY OVER THE LINE. This place has gone from dangerous, to downright predatory. read more

If I could give zero stars I would. There was a a sub driver on my kids afternoon bus who was touching the kids (yanking/pinching/shoving their legs) - this should NEVER be happening! ZERO REASON TO BE TOUCHING KIDS. She also kept SHUTTING THE BUS OFF while doing this... why? Because then the cameras wouldn't be recording!!! She knew exactly what she was doing. The kids on the bus were terrified of her and they all came running off in tears and said the kids on the stops before theirs were doing the same and were yelling to call 911 on the bus, too. She should be fired immediately. The woman who answered at the bus company when I called to inform her of this was rude as well. I wish Anoka Hennepin would get a new bus company. I know bus drivers are hard to come by right now but this woman needs to be gone!!!! read more

My son is in his first year of preschool. I was scared to have him ride the bus at first because he can be a bit of a handful but his bus driver is just the best. She is always on time, (if not a little early,) she is patient and kind with my son even when he is more interested in pretending to be a train than getting on the bus. The other day I was a little late getting him out the door and there she was, waiting. I feel totally safe sending my baby with her. Kottkes is awesome! read more

Horrible company that should not be allowed to have the responsibility to transport any of our children to/from school. Our driver has blown past our driveway four separate times this year, two of which we were standing at the bottom of the driveway with our child. Calls to Kottke's regarding this incidents were not returned after voicemails left. Driver also dropping my child off 15 feet from the end of the driveway on an embankment, which could end horribly if my child were to slip walking up the embankment back under the bus. Or, the other option would be to walk along the should of the road as the bus drives behind and past my child walking to the driveway. Was also contacted by the safety office (Cheryl Brown) and told I could be charged with a felony for boarding the school bus to speak with the driver (I was standing on the second step of the bus). When I researched her claim, I discovered the threats of being charged with a felony are not accurate. When I attempted to inform Cheryl of her misinformation, I was hung up on and three voicemails left for her supervisor were never returned. If you have the option of driving your child to school versus having them ride a school bus operated by this unprofessional company, please do yourself a favor and handle your transportation needs yourself. The sooner this company is not used by the Anoka-Hennepin School District, the better. read more

Parents please fight to get this bus company out of our schools and call into the school transportation department for every late pickup/drop off, every rude bus driver, and no show buses. Yesterday my daughter's bus never show up. At 2pm I finally get a call back from the Anoka Hennepin district transportation director stating the bus driver miss 3 stops on his route missing a whole street. How if you have GPS units does this happen and all I got was sorry the bus didn't pick up but that's why we tell parents to have a backup plan. Excuse me? The bus drivers themselves are lazy, unfriendly and down right rude to not just kids but parents. I wave and smile every morning to the driver and he frowns and occasionally nods his head. My daughter has told me he's told kids to shut up, using those words. Called a kid deaf for not being able to hear him and constantly yells at the kids for just being kids (meaning they are following bus rules). My daughter hates taking the bus and this isn't due to the kids but a grown men as both the am and pm drivers are the same. They hire anyone with a clean background check as long as they are a holes to kids. read more

s bus company is horrible. The busses usually run late. When you call the Kottke office about late bus issues they ALWAYS say there was a mechanical issue.....really????? You did know this the day before school???? Or they will tell you they have a Substitute driver.... I have never known one small bus company to ever have so many substitute bus drivers that is unacceptable. Well I've been dealing with them for a few years And Nothing has improved. Also disappointed in Anoka Hennepin Transportation Department for not finding alternative bus. They have also dropped my daughter off at the wrong bus stop this is very upsetting. read more

We live in the Anoka Hennepin school district. I am disgusted with this bus company!!! The bus schedule shows one time for pick up and they are consistently 15-20 minutes late every day. Today takes the cake, they were 40 minutes late!!! When I called the school, they told me they arrived 15 minutes after the bell rang for school to begin. Anoka Hennepin School District, it's time to find a new bus company. read more