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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 bus stop. |
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What Makes a Good Bus
Stop? |
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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
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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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