BUS TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL - GUIDELINES

The following list of rules is to be observed by all students riding school buses and it is to be strictly enforced by all bus drivers.

Any misconduct will be reported to the parents.

Meeting the Bus

1. All students must be on time.

2. Students walking on the highway to a bus stop should always walk on the left, on the shoulder of the road, facing traffic.

3. Students, when crossing the highway, should walk not run.

4. Pupils shall not run alongside the bus when it is moving.

On the Bus

1 . Students shall obey the driver who has full charge of the bus.

2. Students shall not extend arms, legs or heads out of the bus.

3. Students shall go to assigned seats, without crowding or pushing, and remain seated while the bus is in motion.

4. Students shall refrain from talking with the driver except in an emergency.

5. Students shall not tamper with the emergency door or any part of the bus equipment.

6. Students shall not mar or deface the bus. Damage done to seats or other equipment must be paid for by the student.

7. Students shall not open windows. This should be done only by if the driver when necessary.

8. Students shall not fight or scuffle in the bus or create any disturbance.

9. Students must not shout or wave to pedestrians or occupants of other vehicles, or throw objects out or within the bus.

10. Previous to alighting from the bus; students shall remain seated until the bus comes to a stop.

11 . Students shall not place lunch boxes or other objects in the aisle of the bus.

12. Students, after alighting from the bus, (if they must cross the highway) shall go to the front of the bus and wait until the bus driver directs them to cross the highway.

13. Use of tobacco, smoking or the use of alcohol and other illicit drugs are prohibited on a school bus.

14. The use of inappropriate language is prohibited on a school bus.

15. The use of radios on the bus is prohibited.

16. Students shall not eat food on the bus.

Taken from: Minimum Standards for Pupil Transportation in Maine

Effective 1979 and revised 1986.

Adopted: January 24, 1994