District 41 and the bus company work together to facilitate student safety when riding the bus. All students participate in a bus safety drill each fall. Electronic recording devices may be used on the bus to monitor and maintain a safe environment. Students and parents must be familiar with rules regarding school bus travel:
• Use safe practices waiting for the bus.
• Dress for the weather, wait only in the designated spot, respect property, and observe safe embarking procedures.
• The bus driver is in charge and has similar authority on the bus as the teacher does in the classroom. Students must remain seated with all limbs inside the bus; students may talk but no yelling or profanity is allowed. Windows must be no lower than the line marking their opening. No items may be thrown out the window, nor should any student yell out the window.
• Food and beverages are not allowed to be consumed on the bus.
• Students may not threaten or inflict injury on the bus driver or other students, inflict damage to any part of the bus, litter the bus or bus stop area.
• Hazardous materials, nuisance items and animals are not allowed on the bus.
• Students are expected to follow Board policy 9:10 Student Use of Personal Technology. • Unauthorized persons may not board the bus. Gross disobedience or misconduct providing grounds for suspension in accordance with Board Policy 7:220 suspension procedures from riding the school bus includes the conduct noted above, repeated willful disobedience of the bus driver’s or other supervisor’s directives, and any other behavior the administration deems to threaten the safe operation of the bus and/or its occupants. During the suspension period, parents are responsible for providing transportation to and from school. (7:220, 9:10)
