Transportation Policies

This bulletin has been prepared to give both parents and pupils a better understanding of the regulations which govern the operation of buses and the conduct of the pupils as they ride the school bus. 
Revere Students are taught to follow these five rules for riding the school bus.  Please review them with your student. 

                                                       Bus Rules 

1. Respectfully follow directions from your driver.

2. Stay safely seated until it is your turn to exit the bus.

3. Talk quietly with those sitting near you.

4. Do not eat or drink.

5. Respect yourself, your environment, and each other with your language, and your actions.

Regulations

All pupils will load and unload from the buses only at designated stops. When on schedule, the bus cannot wait for tardy pupils. Pupils are to be at their designated bus stop at least five minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive.  All Kindergarten students must have an adult present at their bus stop.

• While on and around the bus, students are under the authority of and directly responsible to the bus driver
• Students boarding the bus from the right side of the road must stand back in a designated place of safety and wait for the bus driver to give a hand signal before approaching the bus.  
• Students boarding the bus from the left will use the same rules as the right side.  They must wait for the driver to give a hand signal before crossing the street and boarding the bus.
• Students must carry backpacks and other bags in front of them when boarding and discharging the bus. NO KEY CHAINS OR ANY OTHER KIND OF DANGLING ITEMS SHOULD BE HANGING FROM BACKPACKS.
• Upon entering the school bus, pupils shall take their assigned seats. 
• Pupils shall remain facing forward and seated at all times.  
• The aisle must be kept clear at all times including arms, legs, feet or parcels. 
• All backpacks and bags must be held in the student's lap and nothing is to be stored under the seat or in the center aisle.  Any oversized project for school MAY NOT be transported by the bus.
• Pupils shall conduct themselves on the school bus as they would in the classroom.  A  reasonable amount of quiet conversation is permissible. Loud calling to one another is not permitted.
• EATING OR DRINKING ON THE BUS IS NOT PERMITTED.
• Permission must be given by the bus driver before any windows may be opened.
• Pupils must not throw or pass objects on, from or into the bus.
• No pencils, pens or sharp objects are permitted out of book bags while a student is on the bus.
• Fighting will not be tolerated on the bus and may result in immediate suspension. 
• Pupils shall not smoke or light matches, cigarette lighters or cause other flammable material to burn on or near the bus.  This includes vaping.
• Any action that endangers the safety and welfare of any person is forbidden.  

Pupils causing damage of any type to the school bus will be held liable for the cost of repairing the damage to the bus. Students causing willful and malicious damage will be denied the privilege of riding the bus.

Bus drivers are to report discipline cases and infractions of the bus rules to the transportation supervisor. The transportation supervisor will consult with the pupil’s school principal. Continued disorderly conduct or refusal to submit to the authority of the driver shall be sufficient reason for refusing transportation service to any pupil. The school principal shall follow the procedure for suspending a pupil from school.
  
CARRYING OF ANY DANGEROUS OBJECTS OR MATERIALS (SUCH AS KNIVES, GUNS OR FIREWORKS) IS AN AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION OF BUS RIDING PRIVILEGES. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS MAY NOT BE TRANSPORTED ON THE BUS: GLASS CONTAINERS, SKATE BOARDS, LAWN CHAIRS, BALLOONS, LARGE BOXES, SKIS, PLASTIC SLEDS OR LIVE ANIMALS. 

LACROSSE STICKS, BASEBALL BATS, GOLF CLUBS, SOCCER BALLS, FOOTBALLS, BASKETBALLS, ETC. MAY BE TRANSPORTED IF THEY ARE CONTAINED IN A PROPER SPORTS BAG.