| The How's and Why's of Bus Stops,
Bus Runs and Bus Routes |
Welcome!
The Roseville
Community Schools Transportation Department has provided this
information to familiarize you with our policies and procedures
as they relate to your child's school transportation. In order
to provide safe, efficient and cost effective service, we limit
our number of bus stops. Parents of bus-transported students
will be responsible for getting their children to and from the
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| What
Makes a Good Bus Stop? |
- The bus must be clearly and continuously visible to
approaching motorists for not less than 400 feet on roadways
with a speed limit of 35 mph or greater.
- Visibility of not less than 200 feet is allowed if the
roadway has a speed limit of less than 35 mph.
- The bus stop must be at least 50 feet from an
intersection controlled by a "stop and go" traffic signal.
Can young students wait a safe distance away from traffic?
Are there hazards in the area?
- Students should not be crossing a main road in order to
get to the stop.
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| Bus Route Efficiency |
- A bus route is designed to make maximum use of each
vehicle. For instance, each high school run is combined
with a middle school and elementary school run to make a
full route.
- Efficient routes make minimal stops and travel down a
limited number of streets. Unnecessary stops or delays have
a ripple effect upon our entire schedule.
- Students are expected to be at their bus stop at least
five minutes prior to their scheduled pick up time.
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| What Is a Bus
Run? |
- A bus run is made up of stops for one bus at one
building. A school bus driver who drives at three different
schools would have three different runs.
- A school bus run is designed so that the driver can pick
up the maximum amount of students in the shortest amount of
time.
- Efficient use of time, and safety, is the reason our
buses do not travel down cul-de-sacs or dead end streets
unless there is no other option. Sending a bus down these
types of streets sometimes requires the bus to back up in
order to get out. That is a potentially dangerous situation
and one that the Michigan Department of Education advises
against.
- Bus stops are arranged so that whenever possible, right
hand stops are made. This limits the number of children
crossing the street. No child shall cross a main street
without the authorization of the Transportation Department.
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| Who Gets To
Ride? |
- A student's eligibility for school bus transportation is
based on their resident address. Students who live in the
"non-transported area" (walkers), who have a daycare
provider in the "transported area" are not eligible to ride
the bus to their daycare provider.
- Bus passes are issued for ID purposes at the Junior
High/High School level. Students must present their bus
pass to the bus driver at all times in order to ride the bus
to and from school.
- Only Roseville Community School District students, and
chaperones approved by the school building administrator,
can ride the school bus during school sponsored events.
Preschool children are not allowed on the bus.
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| Bus Conduct |
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY:
- To know the time and place where to board the
bus.
- To occupy the seat or area of the bus assigned
by the driver.
- To obey the rules and instructions of the
driver.
- To keep hands and head inside the bus at all
times.
- To keep the bus clean. No food may be eaten on
the bus.
- No smoking at any time.
- Actions such as obscene language, or gestures,
swearing, fighting, pushing, throwing objects inside
or outside the bus, abusing the driver or other
riders and/or the property of others, may result in
the student being prohibited from riding the bus.
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| PARENT RESPONSIBILITY: It
is the parent/s responsibility to supervise their children at
the bus stop. Roseville Community Schools provides
transportation, not supervision. |
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RESULTS OF MISBEHAVIOR:
- First Offense: The principal
will counsel the student, alert the parent, and
consider other possible action.
- Second Offense: The principal
will notify the parent and mail a confirming report
that the student has been removed from the bus for
three days.
- Third Offense: The student will
be removed from the bus for one week or longer
and/or up to the remainder of the school year if
necessary.
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| More
Questions |
- Why can't my child bring his skateboard on
the bus? The Michigan State Police Motor
Carrier Division has jurisdiction over what can and cannot
be transported. Items that cannot be secured or held in a
student's lap can become projectiles on the bus.
- But, I don't like where my child's bus stop
is. Bus stops are located in areas that allow
for a safe pickup and assure that no one child has to walk
an unreasonable distance. Many students walk up to one mile
to and from school daily. Your child may have to walk up to
one mile to a bus stop.
- Why is my bus late and why aren't I called?
The Roseville Community Schools Transportation Department
services approximately 3,000 students each day. Due to
inclement weather, mechanical problems and traffic
congestion, your child's bus may be running late. It is not
possible for our office staff to notify each student of a
late bus.
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