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• Make certain the bus is stationary, the door is still open and the stop signal is extended.
• Upon signal from the driver, proceed across the roadway in the following manner: Walk (don't run) in front of the bus within sight and hearing of the driver, look both ways and stay out of the line of traffic until the path across the roadway is free of any danger.
• The danger signal is a blast of the horn. Stop immediately and look at the bus driver.
• If you drop something after exiting the bus, do not return to retrieve it. The bus driver might not see you.
F. A student will not be put off a bus for misconduct at any place other than his home or school.
CONDUCT ON THE BUS
A. Obey the bus driver.
B. Do not disturb the bus driver while he/she is driving.
C. Boys and girls will be seated separately.
D. Stay in seat and do not change seats unless so directed by the driver - and then only
if the bus is stopped.
E. Sit down while the bus is in motion.
F. Keep voices low. Avoid shouting or whistling.
G. No bullying, "rough housing", pushing, fighting, throwing things, or profane or
abusive language.
H. Do not open or close windows of the bus without the driver's permission.
I. Keep all body parts inside the bus.
J. Keep the bus clean, sanitary, and orderly. Never tamper with the bus or any of its
equipment. Willful damage or destruction of any part of the bus is prohibited and
any such damage must be paid for by the student or parent.
K. A student shall not operate the door nor stand in the driver's compartment.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE PROHIBITED
Students shall be prohibited from acts of physical violence, bullying, physical assault or battery, verbal assault, and disrespectful conduct toward the driver or other persons on the school bus. Georgia law defines physical violence as (1) intentionally making physical contact with another that is of an insulting or provoking nature, (2) intentionally making physical contact which causes physical harm to another. Georgia law also mandates that students found by a tribunal to have committed an act of physical violence against a teacher, bus driver, school official, or school employee involving intentional physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature shall be disciplined by expulsion, long-term suspension, or short-term suspension. If physical violence against one of the above employees causes physical harm (unless in self-defense), the student shall be expelled from the public school system for the remainder of the student’s eligibility to attend public school and referred to juvenile court. Students in kindergarten through grade eight who commit the above acts may, on the recommendation of the tribunal and at the discretion of the school system, be permitted to re-enroll in the regular public school program for grades nine through twelve.
THE FOLLOWING ARE RESTRICTED ON THE BUS:
A. Eating is not permitted on the bus during the school day.
B. No glass container of any kind will be transported.
C. Beverages will not be permitted regardless of the type of container used. Exceptions
may be made during particularly hot weather.
D. The use of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and vapers is forbidden.
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