Transportation To/From School

School Bus

Bus schedules are available in August and are posted outside the main entrance of the school and online. During the school year, schedules may be obtained from the school office.

Many of our children ride a bus each day or will have an opportunity to ride the bus sometime during the school year. The following basic rules and suggestions are designed to help provide the safest means of transportation.

Before the bus arrives:

Children are expected to display appropriate behavior at their respective bus stops, waiting patiently and quietly at all times.

1. Leave home on time each day.
2. Walk facing traffic if there are no sidewalks.
3. Arrive at the pick-up spot five minutes before the bus.
4. Wait off the roadway, not in the street, staying off lawns.

Boarding the bus:

1. Wait for the bus to come to a full stop.
2. Be polite and take your turn getting on without pushing.
3. Use the handrail.

Conduct on the bus:

1. Walk to a seat and stay there. Do not stand or move around while the bus is moving.
2. Follow the directions of the driver. Do not talk to the driver unless it is an emergency.
3. Walk quietly so that the driver can hear traffic sounds. Loud yelling or profane language is not allowed.
4. Keep arms, feet and articles out of the aisle.
5. Keep arms and head inside the bus, leaving the windows in the position they were when you boarded the bus.
6. Do not deface or litter the bus.
7. Do not touch any safety device.

Leaving the bus:

1. Do not stand up and leave your seat until the bus is fully stopped.
2. Take your turn, don’t push those in front of you.
3. Use the handrail and watch your step.
4. Be aware of traffic when leaving the bus.

It is a priviledge to ride a BVSD school bus, NOT a right

Call the BVSD transportation office at (303)-447-5125 if questions or problems arise regarding bus transportation. The transportation department's behavior expectations and safety rules will be given to your child by their bus driver during the first week of school. Failure to abide by these rules could lead to a seat assignment or suspension of bus-riding privileges.

Walking

Please encourage your child to develop proper safety habits:

1. Start to school early enough to arrive on time without rushing.
2. Walk on the sidewalk, or if there no sidewalks, on the left side facing on-coming traffic.
3. Cross only at intersections and school crosswalks.
4. Refuse to enter or approach strange automobiles.
5. Proceed directly to school or home before beginning to play.

Bicycles & Scooters

The school does not undertake any responsibility for the safety of students when they are not on school grounds, nor the responsibility for any student riding a bicycle or scooter to or from school. The decision to permit a student to use a bicycle or scooter and the compliance with basic safety rules relating to proper usage are responsibilities of the student and his or her parents. Therefore, the school strongly suggests that parents review general safety procedures and safe routes to school with their students.

The school or district cannot be responsible for lost, stolen or damaged bicycles or scooters. Please remind your child that bicycles and scooters are not to be ridden on the school grounds and sidewalks. Bicycles must be locked to the bicycle rack and not to a fence. Scooters are to be locked to the bicycle rack or carried into class. When on school grounds, your child is to walk his/her bike and walk or carry his/her scooter.

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