Notes from parents/guardians or
principals/designees authorizing the bus driver to drop off a student at a point other
than his/her regular stop will not be permitted.
Students will not be required to walk a greater
distance to a bus stop than the walking distance for each grade level as specified by
State Statute.
When possible, bus stops will not be established
within three city blocks of the transportation boundary. Reasonably placed stops
will be determined at the discretion of STS and the transportation provider.
All mid-day kindergarten routes will use
established a.m. and p.m. elementary school bus stops.
STS will accept phone call requests to move bus
stops when property damage is occurring at the stop location. All other requests to
move or add bus stops to a route must be submitted to STS in writing.
Complaints regarding route schedules or school bus
stops will be addressed to either the transportation provider or STS. Complaints
regarding discipline on board school buses will be addressed to the principal.
Drivers will not transport any persons who are not
students or approved school personnel assigned to their bus while making regular routes.
Drivers will not give permission to anyone other
than assigned students and/or approved school, transportation, emergency, or law
enforcement personnel to board the bus.
If a student is at an a.m. stop but is ineligible
for transportation, the student will be given a ride to school, and the driver will notify
the principal/designee.
In the p.m. the bus driver will not be required to
wait more than seven minutes after the dismissal bell has rung. The driver and/or
attendant will not be allowed to leave the bus to search for unaccounted students.
Once the bus departs, the driver will not stop in the loading zone or be expected to
return to the school for students who are late for the bus.
The driver will have the authority to assign
students to seats.
In consideration of student safety, live animals,
unless specified in a student's IEP or 504 Accommodation Plan, will not be transported.
Toys, items in glass containers, or other dangerous objects, as well as large
articles which might block the aisle, the emergency door, or the service doors of a school
bus, will not be permitted.