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STUDENT DROP OFF AND PICK UP PROCEDURES

In order to protect the safety of our students, please be aware of the following student drop off and pick up procedures:
1. The entrance to the Middle School from Oviatt Street is restricted to BUSES, EMERGENCY, AND DISTRICT VEHICLES
ONLY during the hours of 7:00am through 3:30pm on school days.
2. Parents dropping off or picking up students must enter from Aurora Street to Franklin Street, and follow the lane to the right of
the sidewalk near the garages (yellow arrows in diagram). If dropping off after 7:40am, parents may choose to use the lane to
the left of the sidewalk (orange arrows in diagram).
3. Students should exit or enter the vehicles from the sidewalk between the garages and the staff parking lot, then proceed to the
crosswalk.
4. To expedite the flow of traffic, all cars along the sidewalk should allow students to exit and walk down the sidewalk, rather than
one car at a time stopping at the end of the sidewalk.
5. Parents on the right side of the sidewalk will turn right at the stop sign at the end of the garages and exit via Oviatt Street.
Parents on the left side of the sidewalk will turn left at the end of the sidewalk and exit via Franklin Street.
6. In the afternoon, students being picked up should wait under the canopy near the school until their car is in sight. For safety
purposes, students are not to walk behind the busses in the parking lot to locate their ride.
7. One last request for caution: if a parent plans to drop his/her child off on Elm Street or Oviatt Street, the child should be
dropped off on the same side of the street as the building. Students are not to cross in front of traffic (i.e., drop off on Elm
Street traveling west toward Oviatt or on Oviatt Street traveling north toward Aurora Street.)

STUDENT CONDUCT ON SCHOOL BUSES

Board Policy: AG 5610.04
The following regulations pertain to school bus conduct and are intended to ensure the safety and welfare of the students, the bus
driver and other drivers on the road and to ensure safety and proper maintenance of school buses.

Students Will:
A. be careful in approaching bus stops, walk on the left facing oncoming traffic and be sure that the road is clear both ways before

crossing the highway;
B. be on time at the bus stop in order to permit the bus to follow the time schedule;
C. sit in assigned seats (bus drivers have the right to assign a student to a seat in the bus and to expect reasonable conduct similar to

conduct expected in the classroom)
D. reach assigned seat in the bus without disturbing or crowding other students and remain seated while the bus is moving;
E. obey the driver promptly and respectfully and recognize that he/she has an important responsibility and that it is everyone's duty to

help ensure safety;
F. keep the bus clean and sanitary, refrain from chewing gum or consuming candy, food or drinks on the bus at any time;
G. refrain from loud talking or laughing (unnecessary confusion diverts the driver's attention and might result in a serious accident);
H. keep head, arms, hands, and all materials inside the bus at all times;
I. be courteous to fellow students, to the bus driver, and to motorists;
J. treat bus equipment as one would treat valuable furniture in his/her home (damage to the school bus is strictly forbidden) and
K. remain seated until the bus stops, wait for the signal from the bus driver and cross in front of the bus.

Failure of a student to follow these regulations may result in his/her forfeiting the right of transportation by school bus.

Discipline
The Board authorizes the Superintendent or other administrators to suspend a student from school bus riding privileges only for a
period of up to one school year. The only due process required is notice to the student of an intended bus riding suspension and an
opportunity to appear before the administrator considering the suspension before it happens. The administrator’s decision is final.

When discipline problems with individual students arise, use the following guidelines.

A. Drivers shall deal with minor infractions by riders of bus safety rules and expectations firmly by oral instructions and reprimands.
More serious infractions or repeated misconduct shall be made a matter of record by the driver issuing to the rider a card indicating
the type of unsatisfactory conduct. This card must be returned with a parent or guardian's signature acknowledging its receipt on
the next day the rider is transported.

B. The most serious infractions of safety rules or a pattern of lesser infractions result in the suspension, expulsion or immediate
removal of a rider from the bus. When in the judgment of the driver such action is warranted, a notice of intention to suspend will
be given to the rider with a copy provided to the transportation coordinator for follow-up action. The Superintendent,
Superintendent's designees, principals and assistant or unit principals are authorized to suspend or remove riders from bus riding
privileges using guidelines established by the Superintendent. Suspension of riding privileges for rule violation or conduct not
considered a danger to persons or property or a threat to the safe operation of the school bus may not exceed ten (10) days. Such
suspension shall be in accordance with Section 3313.66 of the Ohio revised code related to due process.

C. Immediate removal from bus ridership is authorized when the rider's presence poses a danger to persons or property or a threat to
the safe operation of the school bus. The parents of a rider removed immediately from transportation must be given notice as soon
as practicable of the right to a hearing which must be held within seventy-two (72) hours of the removal. The notice shall include
the reason for removal. Length of time removed from ridership shall be in relation to the seriousness of the infraction, but not more
than ten (10) days.

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