SCHOOL BUS POLICIES Bus transportation is provided for all students who qualify within the county guidelines from Wheeler High School. Routes and times will be posted by the bus port of the school. Safety rules and regulations have been developed to assure the rights of all students who are eligible to ride the bus, but it is also their responsibility to follow these rules. When rules are broken, the privilege of riding the bus will be interrupted. Students who ride a bus are under the jurisdiction of the school from the time they arrive at the bus stop. The bus stop is still part of the CCSD jurisdiction. Cobb County rules for bus conduct must always be followed. Improper behavior on a school bus can result in suspension from bus transportation and / or from school for a given time.
For more details on the Safe Rider program, be sure to check the official CCSD page at: http:// www. cobbk12. org / centraloffice / transportation / saferider. aspx
SAFE RIDER PROGRAM RULES
• 1st Offense- Driver Student Conference & Parent Contacted( Courtesy Notice.) Student on probation and re-assigned to the front of Bus for 1 week.
• 2nd Offense- Driver Student Conference & Parent Contacted.( Courtesy Notice.) Student on probation and re-assigned to the front of Bus for 2 weeks.
• 3rd Offense *- Referral submitted, 3 Day Bus Suspension. Upon return student placed on probation and re-assigned to the front of Bus for 1 week.
• 4th Offense *- Referral submitted, 5 Days Bus Suspension.
• 5th Offense- Referral submitted, Transportation Director recommends Bus suspension for the remainder of the year. * Conference required to return to bus.
SCHOOL BUS CONDUCT
• Students must always show respect for school bus drivers and follow the“ The Safe Rider Program.”
• Insubordination: All students shall comply with reasonable directions or commands of any Cobb County School District Employee.
• NO student shall refuse to identify oneself upon request of any Cobb County School District Employee.
• Students must be standing at the bus stop AT LEAST FIVE( 5) MINUTES prior to the scheduled pick-up time. Students are to wait at the school bus stop in an orderly manner.
• Students must WAIT for instructions( hand signals or otherwise) from the school bus driver EVERY TIME when crossing the street to board the bus or when exiting the bus. Students must be able to maintain eye contact with the school bus driver or cross in full view of the school bus driver.
• Students must board the bus as soon as school is dismissed and not loiter in the courtyard and on the sidewalk. Once on the bus at dismissal time, the student will need the approval of an administrator to depart the bus at school.