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The Rincon Valley
Transportation services will now be handled through West County Transportation.
For more information, go to www.schoolbusing.com.
The West County
Transportation Agency has adopted rules and regulations in conjunction
with your local school district to assist students in understanding
their responsibilities while riding buses of the Agency. These rules
will assure safe and proper travel to and from school and are to be
observed while waiting at bus stops, riding the bus home and to school,
or on field trips. The following list of student actions, while not
being exhaustive, constitute violations of the established rules and
regulations:
1. Abrasive body contact (slapping, hitting, poking , shoving, pulling
hair, etc.)
2. Fighting on the bus or at a bus stop.
3. Using other than the student’s regularly designated stop.
4. Crossing the road without the driver’s escort or getting
off the bus and crossing without permission.
5. Using profane language or obscene gestures.
6. Unauthorized exits (from emergency doors, windows, etc.)
7. Putting any part of the body out of the bus window at any time.
8. Any movement out of the seats while the bus is in motion.
9. Riding the bus after being denied the riding privilege.
10. Legs, feet and objects obstructing the aisle or facing to the
rear in the seats.
11. Creating excessive noise.
12. Any improper bus stop procedures. (Not lining up, rock throwing,
playing in the street, any property damage at the bus stop, etc.)
13. Unauthorized opening, closing, or tampering of any kind with the
bus doors, windows or exits.
14. Lighting of matches, cigarettes or smoking of any kind.
15. Throwing any objects in or out of the bus or throwing objects
at the bus.
16. Any type of damage or defacing of the bus.
17. Littering of any kind.
18. Transporting live animals, reptiles, or insects in the bus.
19. Eating, drinking or chewing tobacco or gum on the bus.
20. Disrespect to the driver.
21. Transporting of any object the driver feels is unsafe.
22. Giving improper identification when requested by the driver
23. Tampering with the radio or bus controls.
24. Failure to obey the driver.
25. Failure to remain quiet at all railroad crossings.
26. Endangering the life or limb of other people.
27. Other unauthorized or unsafe actions.
Authority of the bus driver as explained in Section 14263 of Title
5 of the California
Administrative Code states that:
a) Pupils transported
in a school bus shall be under the authority of and responsible
directly to the driver of the bus, and the driver shall be held
responsible for the orderly conduct of the pupils while they are
on the bus or being escorted across a street, highway, or road.
Continued disorderly conduct or persistent refusal to submit to
the authority of the driver shall be sufficient reason for a pupil
to be denied transportation. A bus driver shall not require any
pupil to leave the bus enroute between home and school or other
destinations.
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*Any severe infraction of the rules will immediately
result in a written citation and in denial of the bus-riding privileges
for a minimum of one week. Examples of severe infractions include but
are not limited to: fighting, smoking, lighting matches, profanity or
obscenity toward the driver, or otherwise endangering the safety of
self or others. The principal will immediately be informed of such cases.
The duration of the restriction shall be communicated by the principal
to the parents. If requested, a conference shall be held with the principal,
student, parent, and driver.
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