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Transportation Guidelines

Students riding a school bus are expected to follow the bus drivers directions at all times, be familiar with all rules and regulations for riding a school bus and practice the skill of courtesy.

All students riding a bus must be registered to ride a bus, and return within five (5) school days a completed bus registration card, signed by the student's parent/guardian and principal (or principal's designee). After five(5) days, a student must obtain a one-day bus pass from the school office and can do so for a maximum of three (3) days. If after the extra three (3) days, the registration card is not completed and returned to the driver, the student's privilege to ride the bus will be suspended until a completed registration card is returned to the driver.

Bus drivers are permitted to make reasonable rules for the safe and proper operation of the bus. Any behavior that distracts the driver is considered a serious hazard to the safe operation of a bus and, as such, jeopardizesthe safety of all passengers, the driver, and others.

Disciplinary action will be administered at the discretion of the school principal or designee. Administrators or their designee shall notify in writing all bus drivers at their respective schools any time a student that rides a bus is suspended or expelled or has a medical or physical problem that could endanger themselves or other passengers. All persons in the Lafayette Parish School System who ride buses are subject to the safety/behavior standards designed to provide safe transportation of passengers on a timely basis. Remember that riding a school bus is a privilege, not a right, and as such, the consequences of misconduct could result in denial of transportation.

Suspension from the bus may extend to riding the bus to and from any school activity. Suspension of riding privileges does not relieve parents of the responsibility of sending a child to school.

These policies can also be found in the 2005-2006 LPSS Behavior Code.