File:  EEAC-R - Bus Scheduling and Routing

Bus routes only will be established on roadways maintained by the towns, county or State.  No regular bus routes will be established for private roads or roads under construction.

Bus stops will be planned so that a student does not have to cross a major thoroughfare immediately after getting off the bus.  Bus stops will not be set up along major thoroughfares whenever access is possible by the use of an adjacent street or road.  A thoroughfare,as defined in State law, is a freeway, a U.S. highway outside incorporated limits, an interstate highway, a highway with four or more lanes, or a road with a median separating multiple lanes of traffic.  Two-lane highways will be exempt from this requirement if the Board in consultation with local traffic officials determines they can be crossed safely.

Drivers are to make no changes whatsoever in routes or receiving and discharging points except in cases where road conditions require an immediate decision and such changes are absolutely required. When such conditions prevail, safety of the students is to be the governing factor. Drivers are to report such conditions to the transportation supervisor as soon as possible.

Preschool through 5th grade students are to be received and discharged at the same point and are to ride their assigned bus except when written permission for change is requested by parents and approved by the principal who has the student in his attendance center.  All middle school and high school students may be required to show a student ID before boarding school vehicles.

Students will be expected to be at bus stops on schedule. Drivers will wait for students only for a brief time at such stops, according to time schedules.

Preschool students must be met by a parent/guardian or pre-authorized adult at the designated bus stop.  Adults must be at least 18 years of age.

Preschool students who are not picked up at their established bus stop at the designated time will be returned to the appropriate school and held until the parents can be reached.

Approved August 28, 1984

Revised August 22, 1995

Revised September 2, 1997

Revised August 27, 2003

Revised August 9, 2011

Revised May 22, 2012