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Bus safety rules

Statistically, children riding in a bus are much safer than those who go to and from  school in  privately owned vehicles.  Regulated bus construction r  esults in the safest means for students   going to and from school.  The safety of all
children riding on a school bus can only be accomplished by following safety procedures
and rules.

• Students must arrive at their assigned bus stops five minutes before the bus is
     scheduled to arrive. The bus cannot wait for those who are tardy.
• Students must respect and not trespass on the property adjoining the bus stop.
• Students should wait for the bus in a safe place well off the roadway.
• Parents should only drop-off or pick-up their students in assigned locations or on
     the same side of the road as the bus.
• Students will be let off the bus only at the school or designated stops.
• Students must go to their assigned seats without crowding or pushing.
• Passengers must remain seated, in assigned seats, while the bus is in motion.
• Passengers will not extend arms, legs, hands or any object out of the bus windows.
• Passengers will not vandalize the bus or equipment.
• Students will act respectful toward the driver and be courteous to other riders.
     Violence (fighting, scuffling, throwing objects, etc.) will not be tolerated under any         circumstance.
  
• Students may not open the bus windows or emergency doors except by the direction
     of the bus driver.
• Students will keep books, lunch boxes, band instruments and other items out of the
     aisles.
• Eating shall be at the discretion of the bus driver; for safety and health reasons the
     bus must be kept clean.
• Students are allowed to talk, in a conversational tone, to their fellow riders. Yelling is
     not permitted.