To ensure safety and comfortable transportation to school, bus transportation is available to students residing in designated transportation zones. Riding the school bus is a privilege. Proper conduct and behavior are expected at all times. Improper behavior on the bus will result in the privilege being revoked. Students who ride their assigned bus to school must also ride it home unless permission is granted through the main office. Students must have a written request from parent/guardian to ride a different bus or to go home on an alternate route. The written request must include the bus number and a phone number where the parent/guardian can be reached to verify the request. All written requests must be verified before approval is granted. The written request must be submitted to the main office during homeroom period. 

Students are encouraged to wear a mask at all times while on the bus.

Driving a vehicle and parking in one of the student parking lots is a privilege at Western Branch High School. This privilege may be revoked if any associated behavior creates what is determined to be an unsafe situation or violates parking regulations. Students may only park in their assigned parking space located in their assigned parking lot.

Parking Pass Procedures: 

During the first week of school, students have the option to submit parking pass applications in the cafeteria during their scheduled lunch period. Students who submit their applications during this time may pick up and pay for their pass the following day during their designated lunch period. 

After the first week of school, students may submit a parking pass application in the main office at any time. Once submitted and approved, students may pick up and pay for their parking pass on Wednesday mornings from 8:30—9:00 in the main office. 

* Parking pass applications are available in the main office, the school’s website, and the BruinNet. 

In order to obtain campus parking privileges, a student must: 

1. Have all outstanding debts to the school cleared with the bookkeeper 

2. Provide a COPY of a valid Virginia Driver’s license -OR– a valid out-of-state license with a current military ID 

3. Provide a completed and signed registration form 

4. Pay a $25.00 registration fee per vehicle (maximum of 2 vehicles) 

Students are not permitted to be in the parking lots during the school day for any reason without permission from an administrator.

1. Students must purchase a parking pass prior to parking on school property. 

2. The parking pass is assigned to the vehicle(s) registered. The pass must be hung from the rear view mirror with the lot and space number clearly visible at all times. Once a pass is issued, IDs or space numbers WILL NOT be reassigned. 

3. Students are prohibited from parking in any location other than their assigned space unless approval from an administrator or security has been obtained. 

4. The student parking lots are: Terry Lot is located on Terry Drive near the gym entrance. Bruin Lot is located on Bruin Drive by the cafeteria entrance. These lots are decal controlled and reserved for student parking between 8:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on school days. Vehicles parked in these lots without the appropriate parking pass are subject to being ticketed and or towed at the owner’s expense. 

5. Students shall not share, loan, or give their parking pass to another student. 

6. If you sell your vehicle, purchase a new vehicle, or change your license plate, you must report these changes in writing to security using the Vehicle Change Form located in the main office. Failure to keep your vehicle information up to date may result in an administrative referral, fine, or both. 

7. If the parking pass is lost, report this to security immediately. Replacement passes can be purchased for $10.00. 

8. Students must operate vehicles safely on school grounds at all times. 

9. Everyone in the vehicle must wear a seat belt at all times. 

10. Upon arrival, students are to proceed promptly inside the building. Loitering in and around the parking lots prior to school or after your scheduled departure time is strictly prohibited. 

11. Students are not allowed to go to any vehicle or parking lot without first obtaining permission from security or an administrator. 

12. The speed limit on campus is 10 MPH. 

13. All vehicular traffic shall yield to pedestrians on school property. 

14. Students must report any and all accidents that occur on school property immediately to security or the main office. 

15. Students should lock their vehicles at all times. WBHS is NOT responsible for any theft or damage to any vehicle while parked on school grounds. 

16. Vehicles parked on school property are subject to searches by school administration, the Chesapeake Police, or Virginia State Police departments without prior notice. 

These parking regulations will remain in effect for the entire school year. However, school administration reserves the right to amend these regulations at any time without prior notification. 

Infractions of these regulations are punishable by an administrative referral, a $25.00 fine (Policy and Regulations: The School Board of the City of Chesapeake Regulation 4-8 Fees Section), or both. Major or repeated violations may result in the revocation of parking privileges and or disciplinary actions including but not limited to out- of- school suspension or police intervention. WBHS reserves the right to tow any vehicle from campus at the owner’s expense