A safe learning environment continues to be the number one priority of our school division. Hampton City Schools has systems in place to address safety in each of our schools. Click here to view a list of specific safety measures utilized by HCS as well as information on Care Solace.
Langley Elementary will continue to implement the use of walk-through weapons detection units during student arrivals and throughout the day for visitors.
HCS Will continue our partnership with American K-9 Interdiction, LLC to serve our elementary schools. If you would like to learn more about this partnership, please click here.
Maintaining a safe teaching and learning environment happens best when ALL students and staff feel safe and valued. Your partnership remains essential to creating and maintaining safe learning environments. We are thankful for each of you.
In Hampton City Schools and at Langley Elementary, safety is our top priority. To ensure that all students and staff know the proper procedures, we will be holding periodic Lockdown drills throughout the school year. During a drill, no visitors will be allowed into the building. Please call the main office at 757-850-5105 with any questions regarding lockdown drills.
Appropriate conduct aboard school busses is expected for all students using this transportation to and from school. Please adhere to School Board Policy JFCC:
Student Conduct
The level of discipline and behavior maintained by students in the schools is expected on all buses. Students will be provided guidelines and will be held responsible for following these guidelines.
The driver shall report misconduct of students on the school bus to the building administrator or his/her designee. The driver shall be guided by the building administrator/ designee’s advice and direction, subject to the regulations and policies of the School Board. Written documentation by use of the Disciplinary Forms is required for every incident of misconduct.
The building administrator or his/her designee may suspend or revoke the riding privileges of students and/or take other disciplinary action for students who exhibit inappropriate behaviors on the bus. Parents (or guardians) of children whose behavior and misconduct on the school buses violates the Student Code of Conduct or otherwise endangers the health, safety, and welfare of other riders shall be notified that their child’s transportation privileges may be suspended or revoked, and the student may be subject to additional disciplinary actions.
If a student’s transportation privileges are suspended or revoked, the parents/guardians are responsible for ensuring that the student gets to and from school safely.
Safety Rules For the Bus
The driver is in charge of the bus and all students.
Students must observe directions given by the driver when entering or leaving buses.
Students, when asked to identify themselves by the driver, must do so. Any attempt to falsify names or refusal to give a name will be considered an act of misconduct and will be treated accordingly.
We ask parents to recognize that HCS will not allow a prekindergarten or kindergarten student to get off the bus without an approved adult to meet them at the bus stop. Approved adults must have their identification and student card ready so the driver can verify that it is safe to release the child to them.
All Hampton City School rules apply on the bus ride, at the bus stop and coming and going from home to the bus stop. Parents are asked to remind their child to respect the private property of homeowners and business-owners that may surround their bus stop.
Excessive noise, obscene language and gestures are prohibited and may be considered as reasons for disciplinary action and suspension from the bus.
Bottles, cans, waste paper trash of any sort, and foodstuffs (except in lunch containers) are not to be brought on the buses.
Students must not extend arms or head out of the bus windows.
Students must not throw any items inside the bus or out of the bus windows.
Any act of vandalism will be considered a serious offense. Cost for repair will be charged to the parents of any student guilty of such an act. All acts of vandalism are to be reported immediately to the bus operator.
Students who have been seated must remain seated while the bus is in motion. Students should not try to get on or off the bus or move about while the bus is in motion. Parents are asked to remind their child to wait for the bus to come to a complete stop before approaching the bus to board and before exiting the bus.
After exiting the bus at the bus stop, students who must cross the street must cross in front of the school bus while the bus remains stopped with red lights flashing and the crossing arms extended.
Parents are reminded when driving, they must slow down and be alert when passing a bus stop, and should keep an eye out for students who are walking to their stop.
It is illegal and very dangerous to pass a stopped school bus when the warning lights are flashing. Children getting on or off the bus expect that the vehicles around them will follow the rules and stop. Failing to stop can have legal penalties.
Remember that parents are prohibited from boarding the bus at any time without the permission of the driver.
Adopted:
11/10/1971
Revised:
11/26/75, 1/20/99, 5/5/10, 5/2/12, 3/16/16, 2/16/22
CROSS REF:
EEAA - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
JF - STUDENTS' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES HANDBOOK - CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT
JGD - STUDENT SHORT-TERM SUSPENSION
JGE - STUDENT LONG-TERM SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION