8600 Transportation
8600 - TRANSPORTATION
The following guidelines are established to implement Board of Education policy on transportation.
A. Administrative Responsibilities
The following guidelines are established to implement Board of Education policy on transportation.
A. Administrative Responsibilities
The District Administrator is responsible for the planning, operating, and maintenance of all transportation including contracting with private entities to provide transportation services as described in Policy 8680.
Quality transportation services require cooperation and effective communication with the staff who shall be responsible for:
1. supervision at bus loading and unloading zones;
2. communication to parents or guardians and students concerning student behavior, safety, schedules, and the like;
2. communication to parents or guardians and students concerning student behavior, safety, schedules, and the like;
3. adjudication of all behavior problems;
4. communication about overcrowding and unsafe conditions.
4. communication about overcrowding and unsafe conditions.
B. Bus Conduct
1. Parents or guardians are to be informed that school bus transportation is a privilege and not a right and that the bus driver is the sole authority on the bus while students are being transported.
2. Parents or guardians are also to be informed that they are responsible for:
a. the safety of their child while going to or from the bus stop and while waiting for the school bus;
b. damage by their child to school buses, personal property, or public property;
c. informing their children of the rules of conduct and behavior for riding on the buses.
2. Parents or guardians are also to be informed that they are responsible for:
a. the safety of their child while going to or from the bus stop and while waiting for the school bus;
b. damage by their child to school buses, personal property, or public property;
c. informing their children of the rules of conduct and behavior for riding on the buses.
3. Parents may be provided with the names of the bus drivers that transport their children if the parent or guardian makes a written request to the district for the information.
4. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a proper manner at bus stops. The District will not enter into disputes involving parents and/or students concerning matters that take place prior to the student boarding the school bus, or after the student has disembarked from the bus on his/her way home.
5. Students will ride only assigned school buses and will board and depart from the bus at assigned bus stops. Students will not be permitted to ride unassigned buses for any reason other than an emergency, except as approved by the principal.
6. A change in a student's regular assigned bus stop may be granted for a special need, if a note from a parent is submitted to the District Administrator stating the reason for the request and the duration of the change and the District Administrator approves.
7. Students shall cross all streets at least ten (10) feet in front of the school bus and after the driver has signaled the student that it is all right to do so.
8. For the safe operation of the school bus, noise on buses shall be kept at a minimum with students speaking in reasonable conversation voices. Students must be quiet at railroad crossings and other danger zones as designated by the bus driver.
9. The following cargo is forbidden to be transported on a school bus: pets, alcoholic beverages, drugs, ammunition, explosives, firearms, knives, or any other dangerous materials or objects. If there is a question on the transportation of a particular item, the District Administrator should be consulted.
4. Students are expected to conduct themselves in a proper manner at bus stops. The District will not enter into disputes involving parents and/or students concerning matters that take place prior to the student boarding the school bus, or after the student has disembarked from the bus on his/her way home.
5. Students will ride only assigned school buses and will board and depart from the bus at assigned bus stops. Students will not be permitted to ride unassigned buses for any reason other than an emergency, except as approved by the principal.
6. A change in a student's regular assigned bus stop may be granted for a special need, if a note from a parent is submitted to the District Administrator stating the reason for the request and the duration of the change and the District Administrator approves.
7. Students shall cross all streets at least ten (10) feet in front of the school bus and after the driver has signaled the student that it is all right to do so.
8. For the safe operation of the school bus, noise on buses shall be kept at a minimum with students speaking in reasonable conversation voices. Students must be quiet at railroad crossings and other danger zones as designated by the bus driver.
9. The following cargo is forbidden to be transported on a school bus: pets, alcoholic beverages, drugs, ammunition, explosives, firearms, knives, or any other dangerous materials or objects. If there is a question on the transportation of a particular item, the District Administrator should be consulted.
C. Special Services
In compliance with Board policy, the transportation services may be provided for field trips, co-curricular trips, and extra-curricular trips, including athletics.
Transportation may be provided on weekends and holidays to District students who are participating in approved School District programs which are under the supervision of professional staff members.
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In compliance with Board policy, the transportation services may be provided for field trips, co-curricular trips, and extra-curricular trips, including athletics.
Transportation may be provided on weekends and holidays to District students who are participating in approved School District programs which are under the supervision of professional staff members.
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8600 - TRANSPORTATION
It is the policy of the Board of Education to provide transportation for those students, of any age, whose distance from their school makes this service necessary within the limitations established by State law and the regulations of the Department of Public Instruction or other appropriate agency.
School buses and student-transportation vehicles shall be purchased, housed, and maintained by the District or the District shall contract for transportation services in accordance with Policy 8680 for the transportation of resident students between their home areas and the schools of the District to which they are assigned. However, no vehicle with a capacity of more than fifteen (15) shall be purchased or used to transport students for which there is no applicable, passenger-protection, Federal motor-vehicle safety standards.
All school buses and student-transportation vehicles, whether purchased, leased, or contracted for as provided in Policy 8680 shall comply with specifications defined in State and Federal law. Each operator of a school vehicle used to transport students of the District shall be licensed for the purpose for which the vehicle is being used and shall operate the vehicles in accordance with Federal and State laws.
Transportation for private school students, eligible for transportation under State law, shall be provided on the same basis as for District students.
Transportation of eligible students with exceptional educational needs or attending a technical education program shall be arranged through the use of District-owned vehicles, through cooperation with other districts, through commercial carriers, and/or by other means in the most efficient and economical manner.
Transportation privileges may be revoked if the student's conduct is in violation of the District Administrator's administrative guidelines or the Code of Conduct pertaining to student transportation. Such revocation shall be in accord with statutorily-required procedures.
The Board authorizes the District Administrator to install and operate video cameras on District buses to enhance student safety and well-being. S/He shall establish appropriate administrative guidelines for the proper use of the cameras.
The District Administrator shall establish administrative guidelines to ensure proper implementation of this policy.
120.13(27m), 121.52, 121.53, 121.54 et seq., Wis. Stats.
© Neola 2004
It is the policy of the Board of Education to provide transportation for those students, of any age, whose distance from their school makes this service necessary within the limitations established by State law and the regulations of the Department of Public Instruction or other appropriate agency.
School buses and student-transportation vehicles shall be purchased, housed, and maintained by the District or the District shall contract for transportation services in accordance with Policy 8680 for the transportation of resident students between their home areas and the schools of the District to which they are assigned. However, no vehicle with a capacity of more than fifteen (15) shall be purchased or used to transport students for which there is no applicable, passenger-protection, Federal motor-vehicle safety standards.
All school buses and student-transportation vehicles, whether purchased, leased, or contracted for as provided in Policy 8680 shall comply with specifications defined in State and Federal law. Each operator of a school vehicle used to transport students of the District shall be licensed for the purpose for which the vehicle is being used and shall operate the vehicles in accordance with Federal and State laws.
Transportation for private school students, eligible for transportation under State law, shall be provided on the same basis as for District students.
Transportation of eligible students with exceptional educational needs or attending a technical education program shall be arranged through the use of District-owned vehicles, through cooperation with other districts, through commercial carriers, and/or by other means in the most efficient and economical manner.
Transportation privileges may be revoked if the student's conduct is in violation of the District Administrator's administrative guidelines or the Code of Conduct pertaining to student transportation. Such revocation shall be in accord with statutorily-required procedures.
The Board authorizes the District Administrator to install and operate video cameras on District buses to enhance student safety and well-being. S/He shall establish appropriate administrative guidelines for the proper use of the cameras.
The District Administrator shall establish administrative guidelines to ensure proper implementation of this policy.
120.13(27m), 121.52, 121.53, 121.54 et seq., Wis. Stats.
© Neola 2004