TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
Transportation Director - Shawn Murphy
517-905-5709
Shawn.Murphy@napoleonschools.org
Transportation Office
517-905-5710
Please be advised that due to the number of students being transported on school buses, we do not transport students to and from locations other than their designated pick-up and drop-off locations. We will accommodate emergency or unexpected changes, but ask for your cooperation by not requesting changes due to sleepovers, parties, going to a friend’s home, or going to after school activities. It is our goal to load our buses safely and efficiently; therefore, these types of requests will not be accommodated. If you would like your student to get off at a different stop on their regularly scheduled bus, please send a note to the bus driver or call the transportation office. All other bus change requests must be directed to the Transportation Department by calling 517-905-5710.
A.M. Pick Up Times: All students need to be standing out at their bus stop five minutes prior to the assigned pick up time. Buses have a time schedule to follow in order to get all students to school on time. If a bus has to wait at a given stop one or two minutes for a student(s) to come out of the house or walk down a drive and this is multiplied by several stops on the bus run, this throws the scheduled run off and will result in late pickups and late arrival to school.
P.M. Drop Off:
We must make visual contact with an adult for Kindergarten bus riders to be dropped off. For all elementary students,
if we are not reasonably assured that an adult is home when they are dropped off, we will attempt to call you. If you are unreachable, the student(s) will remain on the school bus and be returned to Eby Elementary where they will need to be picked up. Please be prepared for an early arrival home. If several students do not ride, it can cause the bus to run early. If your student has not arrived home within a reasonable time frame, feel free to contact the transportation office and we will be happy to check the status of the bus. Unforeseen circumstances can delay the arrival of the school bus.
Students/parents please remember that the driver’s top priority is safely driving the school bus. The school bus is an extension of the classroom and all students are expected to follow the rules. Riding the school bus is a privilege and not following the rules could result in removal from the bus.
Pupil Cooperation
Be waiting at the designated bus stop five minutes before the assigned stop time.
Cross in FRONT of the bus, not behind, after driver signals.
Stay off the roadway while waiting for the bus.
Wait until the bus comes to a complete stop before boarding or exiting.
When assigned a seat, pupils are to use the designated seat each day.
State law requires passengers to be silent at railroad crossings.
Disruptive behavior or behavior distracting the driver is prohibited.
Examples: No yelling or extra loud talking
No throwing objects
No matches, lighters, etc.
No live animals
Normal school behavior also applies during bus rides.
In order to maintain a clean environment, no glass or breakable containers are allowed, no eating or drinking except for medical reasons is permitted.
No possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Pupils are to obey the driver and school chaperones.
Windows may not be lowered beyond the legal limit of 3 notches.
Nothing is to be thrown from the bus, nor are hands, heads, etc., to protrude.
Any passenger disfiguring or damaging the bus or its interior will be required to pay the cost of the repair. Damage is to be reported to the driver.
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