Students reviewed bus expectations and practiced a bus evacuation this morning. At some point this year, all students will have an opportunity to ride the bus and it's important to review and practice these expected behaviors.
Key components to students riding the bus safely with success include:
* Ridership rules
* Safe loading and unloading expectations
* Emergency Exit and Equipment
* Practice Evacuation through the rear door
Bus Regulations outlined in our school handbook:
No students shall be put off the school bus while traveling to and from school. Parents/guardians shall be notified and the daily trip completed before the student can be removed from the transportation services.
Students may ride only on the bus to which they have been assigned.
Only authorized riders will be permitted on the buses.
Video cameras are used on school buses, in accordance with School Board Policy EEACB-A, Use of Surveillance Cameras.
Students must be at their bus stop before the bus arrives. The driver will not wait at the bus stop for students who are not at the bus stop.
Students must always cross the street in front of the bus at a distance sufficient to allow the driver to see them. After getting off the bus, students (if they must cross the roadway), shall go to the front of the bus and wait until the bus driver directs them to cross the roadway.
Students walking on the roadway to a bus stop should always walk on the left of the roadway on the shoulder of the road facing traffic and shall not run alongside the bus when it is moving. When crossing the roadway to board a bus, students shall walk, not run.
Where a bus travels both ways on any given road, pick-ups will be made on both sides of the road. If the bus travels only one way on a road, students will wait on their own side of the road until the bus comes to a complete stop. At that time, the students will cross in front of the bus while the red flashing lights are blinking.
Once a student has boarded the bus, he/she may not get off except at his/her destination.
The driver is authorized to assign seats to any student at any time.
The law allows, and students are expected to sit, three passengers per seat.
Students must promptly take their seats and stay in their seats until the students have reached their designated stops, and the bus has come to a complete stop. Students are not permitted to change seats when the bus is in motion.
Anything that would create a safety hazard for the passengers, or the vehicle, will not be permitted.
Students are not permitted to smoke on any school bus at any time. This includes all charter trips.
Students are not permitted to use any profane language or obscene gestures. Excessive noise, fighting, wrestling, or acts of physical aggression will not be tolerated.
Students must keep their head, hands, feet, etc. inside the school bus at all times.
Students are not permitted to eat food or drink beverages on the bus.
Students are not permitted to mark up or deface the bus in any way.
Students and their parents/guardians will be held responsible for any and all damage to the bus.
Students shall not shout or wave to pedestrians or occupants of other vehicles, nor throw objects out or within the bus.
Students shall keep the aisles clear which includes not placing lunch boxes or other objects in the aisle of the bus.
There shall be no throwing of snowballs or other objects at school buses at any time.
If you have any questions about bus expectations or the practice evacuation please reach out to your child's teacher.