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JFCC-R (ALSO EEACC-R) STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUSES The School Board and
staff members are very concerned about safety as we transport pupils. Cooperation from both parents and students is
requested as we attempt to keep the buses safe for all concerned. Students using
district transportation should understand that they are under the
jurisdiction of the school from the time they board the bus until they are
deposited at school or at the stop nearest their home. Bus Regulations 1. Students are not permitted to smoke on any school bus at any time. This includes all charter trips. 2. Students are NOT permitted to use any
profane language or obscene gestures. Excessive
noise, fighting, wrestling, or acts of physical aggression will not be
tolerated. 3. Students MUST keep head, hands, feet,
etc. inside the school bus at all times. 4. Once a student has boarded the bus,
he/she may not get off except at his/her destination. (Exception will be made
only with a note from a parent, or Principal.) 5. Students
may ride only on the bus to which they have been assigned. (Exception will be made only with a note
from a Principal.) 6. Students
must be seated and are not permitted to change seats when the bus is in
motion, or to annoy other riders on the bus. 7. Students must stay in their seat until the student has reached their
designated stop, and the bus has
come to a complete stop. Emergency
doors are for emergencies only. 8. Students need to take a seat promptly
when getting on the bus. 9. The
law allows, and students are expected to sit, three passengers per seat. 10. Students are not permitted to eat food or drink beverages on the bus. 11. Students are not permitted to mark up or deface the bus in any way. 12. Students and their parents will be held
responsible for any and all damage to the bus. 13. Students may not throw things in the bus, at the bus, or out of the bus. 14. Students must always cross the street in
front of the bus at a distance sufficient to allow the driver to see them. 15. Students must be at their bus stop before
the bus arrives. The driver will not
wait at the bus stop for students who are not at the bus stop. 16. The driver is authorized to assign seats
to any student at any time. 17. Anything that would create a safety
hazard for the passengers, or the vehicle, will not be permitted. 18. The school bus driver is in complete
charge of the school bus and the students must follow the directions given by
the driver. 19. Only authorized riders will be permitted
on the buses. 20. Students walking on the roadway to a bus
stop should always walk on the left of the roadway on the shoulder of the
road facing traffic and shall not run alongside the bus when it is moving. 21. Where a bus travels both ways on any
given road, pick-ups will be made on both sides of the road. If the bus travels only one way on a road,
pupils will wait on their own side of the road until the bus comes to a
complete stop. At that time, the
pupils will cross in front of the bus while the red flashing lights are
blinking. 22. Students crossing the roadway to board a
bus shall walk, not run. 23. Students, after getting off of the bus
(if they must cross the roadway), shall go to the front of the bus and wait
until the bus driver directs them to cross the roadway. 24. Students shall go to a seat on the bus
without crowding or pushing, and remain there while the bus is in motion. 25. Students shall not place lunch boxes or
other objects in the aisle of the bus. 26. Students shall not shout or wave to
pedestrians or occupants of other vehicles, nor throw objects out or within
the bus. 27. There
will be no liquor or drugs of any kind on the bus. 28. There shall be no throwing of snowballs
or other objects at school buses at any time. 29. No
student shall be put off of the school bus while traveling to and from
school. Parents shall be notified and
the daily trip completed before the student can be removed from the
transportation service. 30. The school bus is an extension of the
school, and all school rules and regulations which pertain to student conduct
in the schools are applicable to student conduct on a school bus. 31. All pupils must be on time. The bus will not wait for you. 32.
Video cameras are used on school buses, in accordance with School Board
Policy EEACB-A, Use of Surveillance Cameras. 33.
Failure to abide by these rules
will mean: A. A written warning notice will be issued by
the school bus driver to the student and the student's parents with a copy
for: a. The school bus company; b. The School Principal; c. The Assistant Superintendent of Schools. B. The School Principal will
conference with the student. C. The Assistant Superintendent will verify
that the parents received the written warning notice and will seek parent
support for student behavior improvements. Further rule violations may mean: D. A personal conference with the student,
parent, School Principal, and Assistant Superintendent. E. Suspension from riding the school bus: The Assistant Superintendent will make
the decision to suspend a student from riding on the school bus (N. H. - R.S.A.
189:9-a) based upon the recommendations received from the school bus driver,
school bus company, School Principal, and/or others close to the
situation. The suspension will be for
a period of time appropriate for the rule violation with consideration being
given to the circumstances of each individual student. Suspensions may be for one day, two days,
or up to twenty days. Suspensions
beyond twenty days must be by F. For
severe rule violations: The Assistant Superintendent may immediately
suspend a student from riding on the school bus. G. Referral
to the May be made for recommendations to the
full H. Referral
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