Transportation

 

Bus Rider Policies

• Please arrive at your designated bus stop five (5) minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time.  STUDENTS MAY ONLY RIDE THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL BUS.
• Follow the directions of the driver.
• Central District 301 requires assigned seating. All students must sit in their assigned seat, face forward, and remain out of the aisle. Assigned seating provides added safety and efficient when boarding.  In general, seating is assigned by the driver - youngest to oldest - starting from the front of the bus.
•  Music devices are allowed on the bus as long as they are kept at a volume that cannot be heard by others and the listener can still hear emergency directions.
• No eating, drinking, gum chewing, smoking or spitting.
• No pushing, slapping or fighting.
• All students must keep the bus clean and free from litter.
• Keep hands inside the bus at all times.  Do not put or throw anything out of the windows.
• Cell phones may be used responsibly on the school bus. However, any misuse of a cell phone will result in disciplinary action as outlined in the Student/Parent Handbook. Examples of misuse include but are not limited to:                                                                        - Using phone as a camera                                                                                                                  - Displaying inappropriate images/websites                                                                                    - Use of inappropriate language during calls or texts                                                                     - Use of phone for Harassment or Intimidation

School Bullying Intervention Plan

Central School District 301 has a School Bullying Intervention Plan in place which complies with the State mandated law. The school bus is an extension of the classroom; therefore the students are expected to behave on the bus just as they are expected to behave in school. Details of the School Bully Intervention Plan are located in the Parent/Student Handbook. It is important that victims of bullying report incidents of repeated bullying behaviors, even if they are minor. Victims and/or victim’s parents are encouraged to keep track of dates, times and types of incidents, to help facilitate investigations. Our school bus drivers will report any instances they witness and students are asked to also relay any form of bullying to the driver as well.

 

Transportation - Walking Requirements

The District has established walking requirements based on state regulations and guidelines.

If a student lives within 1.5 miles from school, he/she can reasonably be expected to walk to and from school, and the district is not responsible to provide transportation.  In defining the district's responsibility to provide transportation, state regulations and guidelines presume that a student should be expected to walk up to 1.5 miles on a 'normally traveled' walking path.  Walking a footpath will, in most cases, be safer than walking alongside or even in vehicular traffic which previously had been the only option to busing for virtually all of our students.

The State Board of Education believes that a 'normally traveled' walking path should be used in measuring the distance from a student's home to school for the purpose of determining whether the student lives 1.5 miles or more from school.  Article 29 of the Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 5/29-3), states that the distance SHALL BE measured from the exit of the residence property to the point where the students are normally unloaded at the school attended, determined by the shortest distance on a normally traveled roads or streets.

This information has been provided in legal opinions from the State Board of Education.

For more information, please contact the transportation staff at 847-464-6052 or 301transportation@burlington.k12.il.us.

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