TRANSPORTATION

The American International School West offers bus transportation for students whose parents pay for these services. Within certain restrictions, busing is provided door to door. This service is available to those students who pay for bus service. Students who have not paid for the service are not eligible to ride the buses. Students are responsible for following and obeying the bus rules and regulations. In the event a student violates the established rules, he/she is subject to disciplinary action. In more severe cases, a student may be suspended from riding; at first, temporarily, and if necessary, permanently.

If the bus driver is distracted by student behavior, he cannot pay strict attention to his driving. This poses a safety problem for all students on the bus. All bus rules apply on field trips as well as for daily transportation.

1. Students must adhere to the direction of the bus monitor.

2. Students are to use the established pick-up points only.

3. Students are required to stay in their seats and wear their seatbelts.

4. Students are to refrain from protruding their head, hands, and other objects out of the window.

5. Students must converse in a quiet voice.

6. Students will be suspended from the bus for physical assault, verbal assault, or inappropriate language directed at another person on the bus.

7. Students will lose any privilege to eat on the bus, if they don’t throw their trash away, or are unable to manage their food. This may cause restrictions for the entire bus.

8. Any potentially dangerous objects that need to be brought to school for a project are to be given to the bus monitor.

9. Riders are permitted to get off the bus only at their assigned stops.

10. Buses will not wait at the designed stops in the morning for tardy students.

11. Buses will not move unless all students are seated.

12. There is no such thing as acceptable play fighting on the bus. Students will be suspended from the bus for any aggressive physical behavior, playful or otherwise. Students should keep their hands and feet to themselves.

13. Students who attempt to stop the bus while it is in motion, will be suspended from the bus and will be considered for permanent removal.

Contact: transportation@aiswest.com

Bus rules are non-negotiable.