- Allow enough time in the morning for unhurried, calm school preparation time.
- Prepare as much as possible the night before.
- Have your children wear bright, contrasting colored coats or put a piece of high visibility,
reflective tape on coats and backpacks.
- Help your children to leave on time. Allow for weather and plan to arrive at the bus stop
five minutes before the scheduled pickup time.
- Go with younger children to the bus stop or have older children assist.
- Tell your children to walk in groups, if possible.
- Please train pets to stay in the yard, away from bus traffic.
- Remind your children to walk on the sidewalks or out of the street, single file, facing traffic,
and as close to the edge of the road as possible.
- Teach your children to Stop, look left, right, and then left again before crossing the street.
- Running games, shoving, or horseplay is too dangerous at the bus stop and around traffic.
- Tell your children to stand six feet (3 GIANT STEPS) away from the street when waiting for the bus.
- They should wait there until the bus driver says it's OK to board the bus.
- If anything is dropped during loading or unloading the bus, children must wait for instructions
from the bus driver before attempting to retreive it.
- Six feet on either side and ten feet in front of the bus are condisered the Danger Zone. This is the area
most difficult to SEE children around the school bus. Remind your children about the Danger Zone often.
- Teach your children to STOP and look before hurrying away from the bus as they exit at the end of the day.
- No objects should be thrown from the bus.
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