Transportation

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Bus Safety
Behavior/Discipline

BUS ISSUES AND CONCERNS

Both the authority and the responsibility for school bus transportation belong to DETMO - Hanau School Bus Office located at Hanau High School. Inquiries about school bus passes, bus routes, delays in students’ arrival home after school, complaints or concerns about bus misconduct should be directed to: 06181-906-9958/9959.

Registering for the School Bus

The first step is to register children in the school.

Next is to visit the School Bus Office. Both a parent and all students needing transportation need to be present to register for transportation, receive a bus pass (usually with the student’s picture), and to receive information or briefings on the route(s) stops and schedule, bus safety, and behavior standards and discipline rules.

Hanau SBO
CIV 06181-9069911/-58/-59
DETMO, Hanau FO

c/o Hanau HS
Unit 20193, Box 0017
APO AE 09165-0017
New Argonner
Kaserne
Geb 251, Zm 125
63457 Hanau

Administrators will support and give input to DETMO when determining consequences for inappropriate actions that take place on the bus, boarding the bus, unloading and at the bus stop. Depending on the severity of the infraction, consequences can and may be twofold; meaning if the infraction warrant a suspension, it could be suspension from riding the bus and suspension from school. Any bus misconduct observed by school staff members is also reported to an administrator.

The school staff makes every effort to ensure that students board the correct buses each day. Requests for changes will be made through the SCHOOL BUS OFFICE ONLY. Requests must be made within 24 hours to the bus office. After the bus office honors this request, we ask that parents notify the school in writing stating that the bus office has approved and accepted this request in order for us to ensure that your child is placed on the proper bus. If the bus office hasn’t honored this request, your child will go home his or her regular way.

BEHAVIOR STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL BUS STUDENTS

Riding the school bus is a privilege and not a right. The safety of all students, monitors, and bus driver is of the utmost importance. Students granted bus-riding privileges will be issued a bus pass in order to ride the bus. Students are responsible for complying with established school bus behavior standards and for conducting themselves in a safe and proper manner. The following are examples of expected behavior required of all students riding the school bus.

On and around school buses, students will:
1. Conduct themselves properly.
2. Board and depart the bus in an orderly, safe manner.
3. Remain properly seated while the bus is in motion.
4. Remain reasonably quiet.
5. Keep all parts of the body inside the bus window.
6. Keep aisles, steps, and empty seats free from obstruction.
7. Attend and/or participate in training sessions as required.
8. Remain fully and properly clothed.
9. Respect all bus drivers and/or monitors and other private property.
10. Promptly comply with the bus driver and monitor’s instructions.

On or around the school bus students will not:
1. Disrespect, distract or interfere with driver.
2. Fight, push, or shove.
3. Eat, drink, or litter on the bus.
4. Interfere with other riders entering, exiting, or on the bus.
5. Spit.
6. Be involved in horseplay.
7. Throw or shoot objects in, on, to, or from the bus.
8. Use tobacco products or have in their possession matches or lighters.
9. Tamper with bus controls or emergency equipment, except in an emergency.
10. Use profane or abusive language or make obscene gestures.
11. Convey any prohibited or unacceptable items (e.g. weapons of any kind, drugs, explosives, alcohol, animals, bulky items, other disruptive items, etc.).
12. Engage in any behavior, act, or incident determined by the principal as interfering with order, safety, or the authority of any adult.

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