Bus Transportation Services
Atchison Public Schools, USD 409 Bus Transportation Services
According to the policy of the Board of Education, transportation will be provided to students who are legal residents of USD #409 as follows:
• Any students enrolled at Atchison High School living 1.5 miles or more from school on the route of least travel.
• Any students enrolled at Atchison Middle School living 1.25 miles or more from school on the route of least travel.
• Any elementary student enrolled at Atchison Elementary School will be eligible for transportation at the nearest scheduled pickup point.
• Any students enrolled at Atchison Alternative School living 1.5 miles or more from school on the route of least travel.
Any student enrolled in a nonpublic school that would be eligible for transportation if he/she attended a USD 409 school. Such student may be picked up at and returned to designated points on the regular route established for public school students providing space availability. Such students will be discharged and picked up for the return trip at a comparable point.
• Separate bus routes shall be maintained for elementary students (ECH-K-5) and secondary students.
• Students and employees are subject to videotaping of activities on board all school vehicles.
• The regular route buses will not enter or exit the east gate (14th Street) of the high school student parking lot.
Safety Regulations Outlined for School Bus Riders - RIDING the bus is a privilege
Safety is a major concern in the Atchison Public School District. We continually stress the importance of students being safe riders. The bus ride is an extension of the school day and students are under the supervision of school and bus personnel. For this purpose, video cameras are placed on buses to monitor driver safety standards and student behavior.
• Students must be on time; the bus cannot wait for those who are tardy.
• Must follow the driver and para's instructions.
• Unnecessary conversations with the driver is prohibited. Conversational tone and classroom conduct is to be observed.
• No obscene language, writings, or gestures.
• No hanging out of window, throwing objects in, out or at bus. No improper boarding or departing of bus.
• No tampering with bus equipment or destruction of property.
• No fighting, making threats of bodily harm, pushing, tripping, hitting, spitting, littering, eating or drinking on bus.
• Alcohol, drugs, weapons, tobacco products, animals, glass containers, music/video players and/or headphones, lighters, skateboards, or any articles of an injurious nature to riders or others are not permitted on the bus.
• Students must remain seated while bus is moving.
• If you cross the road do so 10 feet in front of the bus after making sure road is clear.
BUS CONDUCT REPORTS
Bus Conduct
Reports will be completed for ALL
incidents on the bus and/or at the bus stop. A copy of the conduct report will
be kept on file at the school and the Service Center.
1st
Referral -
Contact
w/student-copy of report mailed to parent/guardian
2nd
Referral -
Contact
w/student and parent /guardian and a suspension from the bus for 5 school days
3rd
Referral -
Contact
w/student and parent /guardian and a suspension from the bus for 10 school days
4th
Referral -
Contact
w/student and parent /guardian and a suspension from the bus for 30 school days
5th
Referral -
Contact
w/student and parent /guardian and a suspension from the bus for rest of school
year
*Major
offense- Immediate bus suspension for the rest of school year
If students conduct results
in a call to the Director of Auxiliary Services to come to the location and
remove the student from the bus, it will result in a conference w/the student
and the parent/guardian and an immediate suspension from the bus for thirty
(30) school days.
* A
major offense is one that impairs the safety of the driver and the other
students on the bus; i.e. throwing objects.
Atchison
Public Schools, U.S.D. 409 have designated bus stops for our regular route bus
riders. All students will have
only one designated pick up and drop off point. Students signed up for bus
transportation will ONLY be allowed to ride from their designated pick up point
and/or to their designated drop off point. All bus stops will be in the middle of a block;
there will be no bus stops at or near an intersection. For a list of the designated pick up
and drop off points, contact the Service Center at
913-367-6382 or your child's school.
CHANGES to bus
route: Please complete a Change of Information form at
your child's school or one can be completed over the phone by calling the
U.S.D. 409 Service Center. Any questions
regarding this information, please call the U.S.D. 409 Service Center at
913-367-6382.
Questions on transportation
of students within our Special Education program should be directed to, Dr.
David Myers Director of Special Education, 913-367-4384.
AFTER
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
USD 409-transportation department has an unpublished emergency
only cell phone number that you may use after our regular office hours forAfter School Program students.
EMERGENCY ONLY:
370-0276*
(This phone line is only OPEN 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on
the days that the After School Programs are in session.)
Please keep this phone number readily available for it is
NOT a published number.
Contact our office at 367-6382 during regular working
hours (7:00 am to 4:00 pm) for all other
non-emergency calls.
*This is a local number and is to be used only to
contact the USD 409-transportation supervisor in case of an emergency.
