Students who participate in school-sponsored trips may be required to ride a school vehicle (i.e., a vehicle driven for school-related business or owned, leased, or rented by the school). The Campus Director, however, may make an exception if the parent personally requests that the student be permitted to ride with the parent, or if the parent presents—prior to the day of the scheduled trip—a written request that the student be permitted to ride with an adult designated by the parent.
Riding a school vehicle is a privilege. School vehicle drivers have the authority to maintain discipline and require seating charts. When riding a school vehicle, students are held to behavioral standards established in this Handbook and the Student Code of Conduct. Students must:
- follow the driver’s directions at all times;
- enter and leave the vehicle in an orderly manner;
- keep feet, books, instrument cases, and other objects out of the aisle;
- not deface the vehicle or its equipment;
- not put head, hands, arms, legs, or any object out of any window; and
- wait for the driver’s signal in order to leave or cross in front of the vehicle.
Only designated students are allowed to ride in the vehicle. Students may neither ride the vehicle to a different location nor have friends ride the vehicle to participate in after-school activities.
If a special needs student is receiving bus transportation as a result of an Individual Education Plan (IEP), the Admission Review and Dismissal (ARD) Committee will have the discretion in determining appropriate disciplinary consequences.