Streetsboro City Schools

Transportation Department

August 2007 Newsletter

    Designated Place of Safety

Parents,

        The Designated Place of Safety or safe spot is designed to assist children with a place to stand until the bus is safely away from the bus stop.  Each Designated Place of Safety will be given to the students at the bus stop at the beginning of the year.  Please assist the driver with having the children go to their Place of Safety and remind them to wait until the rear of bus is away from the bus stop before they move.   

     The designated place of safety should be 10-15 (minimum10 feet) large steps away from the bus.  With the students standing at the place of safety, we all can be assured that a child will not be too close to the bus as it leaves the bus stop.  Each designated place of safety will be an object that the children can see as they exit the bus, ex: tree by driveway or large rock near flowers.   

OHIO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION and SAFETY RULES (3301-83-13 B)

Bus Stop Regulations:  the rules listed below affects the method in how the students will load and unload at bus stops.  Streetsboro bus drivers will be teaching, and refreshing the students about these rules.   The rules come from the Ohio Department of Education, so every Transportation Department in Ohio can insure safe transportation for your children. 

  School Bus Stop Location

            (1)  Pupils may be required to walk up to one-half mile to a designated bus stop. 

(2)     School bus stop locations shall provide for maximum safety of pupils giving consideration to distance from residence, traffic volume, physical characteristics, visibility, and weather conditions.

(3)    School bus stops shall be established on the residence side of all four-lane and on the residence side of outer roadways posing potential hazards to students as determined by school bus owners.

(4)    School bus stops shall be located at a distance from the crest of a hill or curve to allow motorists traveling at the posted speed to stop within the sight distance.  If the   line of sight is less than five hundred feet in either direction, an approved “school bus stop ahead” sign shall be installed at least five hundred feet in advance of the school bus stop.

(5)    Each pupil shall be assigned and required to use a specific school bus stop except in unusual circumstances as approved by the school bus owner or designee.

(6)    Each pupil shall be assigned a residence side designated place of safety.  Driver must account for each pupil at designated place of safety before leaving.  Pupils are not to proceed to their residence until the school bus has departed.  (Student can see the rear of bus)

SAFETY RULES  (3301-83-08 C)  

                             Streetsboro City Schools Rules to Ride By:

Pupil management: the rules listed below are the expectations for students when riding Streetsboro City School buses.

Bus rules

(1)     Pupils shall arrive at the bus stop before the bus is scheduled to arrive. (Streetsboro policy is 5-10 minutes)

(2)      Pupils must wait in a location clear of traffic and away from the bus stop,

        Designated Place of Safety.

(3)   Behavior at the school bus stop must not threaten life, limb or property of any

         individual.

(4)   Pupils must go directly to an available or assigned seat so the bus may safely

        resume motion.

(5)      Pupils must remain seated keeping aisles and exits clear.

(6)      Pupils must observe classroom conduct and obey the driver promptly and respectfully.

(7)      Pupils must not use profane language.

(8)      Pupils must refrain from eating and drinking on the bus except as required for medical

                     reasons.

(9)      Pupils must not use tobacco on the bus.

           (10)   Pupils must not have alcohol or drugs in their possession on the bus.  Prescriptions must            

                    be taken to school building by parent with proper instructions from physician.

           (11)    Pupils must not throw or pass objects on, from or into the bus.

           (12)    Pupils may carry on the bus only objects that can be held in their laps. 

           (13)    Pupils must leave or board the bus at locations to which they have been assigned

         unless they have parental and administrative authorization to do otherwise.

(14)    Pupils must not put head or arms out of the bus windows.