Rules & Regulations:

By administrative policy of the public schools, the drivers of our school buses are responsible for maintaining reasonably proper behavior on the part of the students who enjoy the privilege of public school transportation.

A “notification” will be sent to the student for one (1) or more of the following reasons:

1. Failure to remain seated while the bus is in motion.

2. Scuffling and fighting.

3. Repeatedly engaging in loud and boisterous conduct.

4. Profanity.

5. Throwing or causing articles to fly through or out of the bus.

6. Extending parts of the body out of the bus.

7. Eating on the bus.

8. Smoking on the bus.

9. Destruction of property belonging to others.

Riding a school bus is a privilege that may be granted or denied by the Seymour Board of Education. While riding on a school bus, all students must abide by the rules of conduct as listed above.

The bus driver will report any misconduct of bus students to the building principal or his/her designee on each occasion it occurs.

The principal or his/her designee will use the following procedures in acting on reports of misconduct of bus pupils. Depending on seriousness of the offense, he/she may bypass the first steps in the procedure for handling the violation of bus regulations.