One School, Two Homes: School-Run Car Service for Co-Parenting Families in San Diego — Quoted Per Route, Same Driver
The school stays. The addresses change by the week. The driver does not. EGT runs the school week from either home on the schedule you already have — one named driver, texts to whichever parent has that week (or both), siblings together, one flat per-leg rate quoted for your two addresses.
TL;DR
Two pickup addresses on file, one driver, one quoted price per leg. Texts go to the parent whose week it is — or to both. One payer or each parent billed for their own weeks. No deposit, no contract, pause for breaks. Standing school-week rotations are something we already run every school day.
Why this is the hardest school run in San Diego
In California, where a child goes to school is a legal-custody decision. When parents share legal custody and disagree, a court weighs the custody schedule, how close each home is to the school, each parent’s availability and the program itself — and agreements very often keep the child at the current school so that the divorce changes as little of the child’s day as possible. Then one household moves: Carmel Valley to Chula Vista, La Mesa to Encinitas, Coronado to Poway. The twelve-minute drop-off becomes forty-five minutes each way on the weeks the far home has the kids.
The pattern we see is always the same. The parent in the far home absorbs the commute and the missed mornings. The exchange drifts from the school to a parking lot. The kids notice. A standing car service removes the variable that is actually causing the friction — the drive — without changing the agreement.
We are a car service, not a law firm. Your agreement governs; we drive what it says.
How we set it up
- Send the shape of the calendar. Week on/week off, 2-2-3, 2-2-5-5, alternating weeks with a midweek dinner — whatever yours is — plus both home addresses and the bell schedule.
- One driver for the whole rotation. The same named, background-checked driver takes every run from both homes, introduced to the family by name. Your child sees one face and one car regardless of whose week it is.
- Texts to the right parent. Picked up. Arrived. Sent to the parent whose week it is, or to both parents on every run — you choose once and we do it every time.
- Billing the way you two have agreed. One payer, or each parent billed for the legs on their own weeks. The per-leg rate is the same either way. No deposit; billed in arrears.
- Exchange days are just runs. School in the morning from Home A, home in the afternoon to Home B. The handoff happens at school, on the school’s schedule, with a driver both parents already know.
- Changes by text. A swapped weekend, a late practice, a holiday week — text the change and the standing schedule flexes. The text is the record.
What it costs — quoted, then multiplied
A two-home route is quoted, not listed: the owner prices each leg flat for your two addresses and the school, and the number holds for the school year. Then it is arithmetic — your per-leg rate times the legs you actually use.
| Shape | Legs per week | Weekly |
|---|---|---|
| Mornings only, both homes | 5 | 5 × your per-leg rate |
| Afternoons only, both homes | 5 | 5 × your per-leg rate |
| Both ways, every school day | 10 | 10 × your per-leg rate |
| Far-home weeks only (alternating) | 10 every other week | 10 × your rate on, $0 off |
| Two families, one Rivian (classmates share) | per family | each family pays its own quoted per-leg rate, same driver |
Compare it to the drive: forty-five minutes each way, twice a day, five days a week is seven and a half hours behind the wheel before traffic. Every school run is quoted per route by the owner; a cross-town route between two homes is longer, and it is quoted flat once and never metered.
How school runs are priced
Your per-run rate is quoted by the owner for your exact route and held for the school year. One run = one pickup to one drop, up to about 10 miles. Each additional stop adds $35. Waiting beyond 10 minutes adds $1 per minute. Pickups after 8 PM add $15. A single, non-weekly ride is quoted separately from a weekly rotation.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| One run — one pickup to one drop, up to about 10 miles | Your per-run rate (quoted, held for the school year) |
| Each additional stop (a second school in the same run, a second home, a practice field) | + $35 per stop |
| Waiting beyond 10 minutes (a bell wait, a late practice) | + $1 per minute |
| Pickup after 8 PM | + $15 |
Call or text (858) 522-0264 with the addresses, days and bell times and the owner quotes your route, usually the same day.
What we are and are not
EGT operates under California PUC charter-party carrier license TCP #0046494-A, which requires DMV Employer Pull-Notice monitoring on every driver, a mandatory drug-and-alcohol testing program and verified $1.5M commercial liability insurance. Drivers are named to you in advance. Vehicles are 100% electric — a BMW i7, a Rivian R1S and a Cadillac Escalade IQ-L — quiet enough that homework happens on the way.
We are not a supervised-exchange service and we do not evaluate, referee or advise on custody. We take direction from the schedule both parents give us in writing, and if the two of you disagree about a run we drive the standing schedule until both of you change it. That is the arrangement that keeps a child out of the middle.
Beyond school: practice, tutoring, the airport
The same driver covers the afternoon sequence — practice at four, tutoring at five, the studio across town — and the run home to whichever house that night is. When a long-distance custody schedule puts a teen on a plane to the other parent, the same standard covers the airport: an inside-terminal meet at baggage claim with a name sign, identity confirmed, parent notifications at pickup, en route and drop-off. See Verified Minor Transport.
Frequently asked
Can our kids ride with the same driver from both houses?
Yes. One named driver is assigned to the whole rotation, both homes, every week. If that driver is ever unavailable you are told the substitute’s name before the run, never after.
Can both parents get the pickup and arrival texts?
Yes — both parents on every run, or only the parent whose week it is. You choose once at setup; it does not change unless you change it.
Who pays?
Whatever the two of you have agreed: one payer for everything, or each parent billed for the legs on their own weeks. The quoted per-leg rate is the same either way, billed in arrears, no deposit.
What if the custody schedule changes mid-year?
Text the change. There is no contract and no monthly minimum, so the schedule flexes with the agreement — a court-ordered modification, a swapped week, a summer split.
Can Uber or Lyft do this instead?
No. In San Diego, Uber and Lyft have no teen-account option: Uber suspended its California teen accounts in December 2024 over the state’s fingerprint background-check requirement and today runs them only in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and Lyft Teen is not offered here. An unaccompanied rider under 18 is outside both platforms’ terms and drivers cancel. Elite Green Transportation is the licensed lane (TCP #0046494-A).
Do you provide car seats?
Car seats are parent-supplied and parent-installed (California law); tell us the ages and we will confirm the vehicle fits the seats and the siblings.
Get a two-home school-run quote
EGT calls you back to confirm — usually within 15 minutes. Prefer to skip the form? Call (858) 522-0264 or text us — an owner answers.
Related
· School Run & After-School Car Service — the full guide
· Teen & Minor Transportation — the lane rideshare cannot serve
· Can my teen take an Uber in San Diego? What parents can legally use instead
· School run car service for working parents — the shapes that work
Published . Rates from EGT’s published rate card; licensed TCP #0046494-A. Public line (858) 522-0264.