ELEMENTARY BUS REPORT GUIDELINES

1st Report
* principal talk to student
* principal process Bus Discipline Report

2nd Report
* principal talk to student
* principal process Bus Discipline Report
* within school consequences are given (recesses, time out, direct parent contact, apology, etc.)

3rd Report
* principal talk to student
* principal process Bus Discipline Report
* 3 day bus riding suspension

4th Report
* principal talk to student
* principal process Bus Discipline Report
* principal contact parent by conference or phone (if possible)
* 6 day bus riding suspension

5th Report
* principal talk to student
* principal process Bus Discipline Report
* minimum 10 day bus riding suspension as determined by principal

General:
A. Depending on the severity of the incident, the student's response, age of the student, how close together the incidents were, etc., these guidelines may be adjusted for individual situation at each principal's discretion.

B. Second hand or verbal reports from students, parents, bus driver, or neighbors, are not treated as Bus Reports in terms of counting towards removal from the bus. However, students will be talked to about the incident.


MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL BUS REPORT GUIDELINES:

1. Non-Safety or Minor Incident -
* First referral will be detention and all other subsequent referrals will follow guidelines for behavior causing a safety concern. (Example: Eating or drinking on the bus)

2. Safety or Major Incident -
1st referral * 5 days off the bus
2nd referral * 10 days off the bus
3rd referral * 15 days off the bus
4th referral * 45 days off the bus
5th referral * permanent exclusion
(Example: Standing, moving around, swearing, yelling, hands/arms/head out of bus)

The building guidelines will also be enforced for behaviors such as fighting, smoking, or demeaning/obscene language directed at staff members.

Building administrators may adjust the guidelines as they deem necessary due to individual circumstances.