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Bus Rules and Expectations
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What are the rules and expectations for the bus
Gadsden County Bus Rules and Expectations
Bus Rules & Expectations
GADSDEN COUNTY SCHOOLS
Transporting Gadsden County’s Future
2015-2016
Rules for Student Transportation
Florida statutes do not mandate pupil transportation in this state. School bus transportation is provided as a courtesy and is a privilege, not a right. If a student’s conduct is such that the health, safety, comfort, or the well-being of others is jeopardized, on or off the bus, a school district official may deny the privilege of riding the bus. The school bus driver is in charge of the bus and all its passengers and has total authority and responsibility. Only designated transportation, school or district officials are authorized to suspend transportation privileges.
General Bus Policies
- Students are required to ride the bus assigned to them and to board and disembark at their assigned bus stop.
- The bus driver has full responsibility and authority for the safety of students while they are being transported on the bus.
- Parents may not remove a student from a bus, after the student has boarded, without the approval of a school representative and proper identification.
- Parents may not accompany their children on the bus to or from school.
- Parents are responsible for damages to the school bus if caused by their children. Students will not be permitted to ride the bus until the cost of the damages is received by the district.
- The driver will/may assign seats for elementary, middle, and high school students.
- Items that can be held in the student’s lap or under the student’s seat in the bus may be transported on the bus. Large musical instruments may not be transported on the bus.
- Radios or stereos, (cassette tapes, CD players, etc.) may not be transported on the bus.
- No animals, of any kind, are allowed on the bus at any time.
- Items not permitted at school may not be transported on the bus.
- Students will be issued a School Bus Referral by the bus driver for infractions of the rules. The school administrators are responsible for handling behavioral problems occurring on the school bus.
- Suspension from bus transportation does not excuse the student from school attendance.
Student Responsibilities
- Students must always follow the school bus driver’s instructions. The driver’s primary concern is for student safety.
- Students should exercise good manners, caution and consideration for other people. Show respect for the driver, the bus, other students, and other adults.
- Students should dress properly for the weather.
- Students may not have anything in their possession that may cause injury to others.
- Students will not transport any items on the bus that are not permitted at school.
- Students must obtain permission from their school principal and it must be authorized by the Transportation Department for getting off the bus at a stop other than the normal assigned stop.
- Students will sit in their assigned seats.
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Responsibilities of Parents
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Responsibilities Of Parents
It is the parents' responsibility to supervise their children between home and the school bus stop, and while they are awaiting arrival of the school bus. It is also the responsibility of parents' to supervise their children after they are discharged from the school bus in the afternoon.
Parents are responsible that their child:
* Arrives at the bus stop at least five minutes before the scheduled pick-up time
* Meets all their responsibilities as established by the Gadsden County School Board.
* Is not sick when placed onto the school bus, or is experiencing a behavior problem
Parents are liable for damage to other vehicles or property caused by their child's throwing of items in the bus or from the bus,or by their child's damage to school district property, such as vandalism on the bus.
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