Suggestions for Parents

Ways to practice safe bus transportation with your student.

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Suggestions for Parents

  • Please take some quality time to discuss safety practices and the bus regulations with your student(s).
  • Make sure your student(s) understands why it is important to follow the rules and think safety at all times.
  • Keep open lines of communication with your student(s) driver, as she/he is the first and last person with whom your student interacts before and after school.
  • Ensure that your student(s) wait a safe distance from the roadway and refrain from horseplay at the bus stop.
  • Be sure that your student(s) is at the bus stop on time – at least ten minutes before the bus’s normal arrival time!
  • Explain to your student(s) that she/he they must respect the private property of others while waiting for the bus.
  • Insist on good behavior by your student(s) and her/his their friends so that the driver can concentrate on driving the school bus.
  • Make sure that the student(s) can comfortably handle whatever she/he they carries carry onto the school bus.
  • If possible, signal or notify the bus driver on days when your student(s) will not be riding the bus to school.
  • Visit the bus stop and observe the atmosphere.