Transportation

The Transportation Department has established the following rules to help ensure the safety of our students between home and school:

1. If crossing a street, students must always cross according to the bus driver's instructions and signals.
2. Observe the same conduct as in a classroom and obey the driver promptly and respectfully.
3. Keep all smaller items in a book bag; larger items must fit on a lap.
4. Students must stay seated in their assigned seats for the entire route.
5. Keep head, hands, and feet inside the bus and out of the aisle.
6. Talk quietly and only with students in your seat.
7. Do not eat, drink, or chew gum on the bus.
8. Do not bring tobacco, alcohol, or drugs on the bus.
9. Do not be destructive of the bus or of other students' possessions.
10. Keep the bus clean.
11. Be courteous; do not use profane language.

Ohio Pupil Transportation Operation and Safety Rules dictate the method by which students will load and unload at bus stops. They are as follows:

1. Each student will have a Designated Place of Safety on the residence side of the bus assigned by the bus driver.
2. For loading in the morning, each student will go to the designated place of safety before the bus arrives and wait until the bus driver signals for the students to board the bus. Before leaving the designated place of safety, the bus driver is required to count the students and then count them again as they board the bus. The hand signal to be used by drivers is to raise the hand palm up and out towards the windshield. When safe to board, the driver will make eye contact with the students and slowly drop the hand straight down.
3. For unloading after school, students will be required to go to their designated place of safety. They must remain there until the bus leaves the bus stop before they can proceed to their residences. While at the designated place of safety, students will be counted by the bus driver to make sure the number is the same as what was counted when students got off of the bus. 

The rules do not allow students who miss the bus to try to flag the driver to stop the bus. Students may only board the bus from their designated place of safety. The rules state that each pupil shall be assigned and required to use a specific school bus stop except in unusual circumstances as approved by the transportation supervisor. Students who miss the bus will have to provide their own transportation to school.

Those living within the 2-mile radius of the school not qualifying for transportation may seek transportation through the Shelby County Transit at a cost to the student.

Please call 937-492-6117 for more information.

Shelby County Transit is not affiliated with Sidney City Schools.