SuMMER Academy FAQs

Toll Reimbursement for SEO

SEO is committed to ensure your scholar can attend programming. If your scholar is attending Saturday Academy in San Francisco living in the East Bay, you may be eligible for Toll Reimbursement.

1. Who is eligible on receiving a toll reimbursement?

East Bay scholars crossing the Bay Bridge to attend Saturday Academy at the San Francisco Site

2. Can my scholar get the Clipper Card AND sign up for Toll Reimbursement?

No, we can only cover the cost of either a Clipper Card or Toll Reimbursement. 

3. Is gas reimbursable?

No, SEO only covers the cost of the Bay Bridge toll to programming.

4. When do I receive my toll reimbursement?

At the end of the school year/semester through email as a gift card. You may redeem it as a physical card.

1. What is a Clipper Card?

The Clipper card is a reloadable, contactless smart card that can be used to pay for transit in the San Francisco Bay Area. It can be used for buses, trains, ferries, and more than 20 transit agencies in the region.  

2. How do I get a Clipper Card?

SEO will email a Commitment Form before each semester starts. This form helps us understand your child's transportation needs, which might change every semester. After you complete the form and both you and your child have read and signed the Clipper Card contract, SEO will give out Clipper Cards during Saturday Academy.

3. Who is Eligible for a SEO Clipper Card?

 Any participating scholar who elects to use clipper for BART, bus, or other clipper-supported transit to Saturday Academy **MUNI provides free access. We ask SF Scholar residents to take MUNI to UC Law. **Youth Clipper cards are also available here

4. “My scholar doesn’t have a clipper card for the first day of Saturday Academy?”

If your scholar currently does not have a clipper card for Saturday Academy for this upcoming fall, we will reimburse you by loading your scholar’s that they will receive from SEO.

5. Is $50 enough for the Semester?

For the majority, however, we will be reloading Clipper Cards in mid-November for those who need more funds. All scholars are responsible for budgeting their clipper card, and using it for SEO transportation only.

6. What is my responsibility as a Clipper Card holder?

Ensure you read and complete the commitment form and the Clipper Card contract. If lost, you are financially responsible for your transportation for the remainder of the year.

7. Can I put my SEO Clipper Card on my phone wallet?

We do not recommend entering your SEO Clipper Card onto your phone wallet (Apple Pay, Samsung Pay), as we will keep reusing Clipper Cards to ensure everyone has funding for transportation. If you insert your Clipper Card on your phone, the Clipper Card will stop working.

8. Do I have to return my clipper card from the Spring/Summer?

Yes, you will be returning your old Clipper Card on the first day of Saturday Academy to repurpose them as emergency cards.

9. I forgot my Clipper Card at home.

We will provide you an emergency temporary Clipper Card.

10. If you live in the city of San Francisco and are going to a SF Site, we highly encourage you to take MUNI to programming.

SF Residents under 18 years old are eligible to ride MUNI for Free