Diver Teams must determine valid and working telephone numbers for both parents or for you as a single parent. It is your responsibility as a parent to keep both school building secretary informed about changes in emergency numbers to reach you just as the Transportation Department must know of those number changes.
Emergency numbers are essential service for special needs transportation.
As a parent you may have chosen to maintain unlisted numbers. The special needs transportation coordinator must go through an elaborate emergency procedure with the telephone operator to override a conversation on your phone during an emergency when unlisted numbers are used. Driver Teams must initially travel to the your home to verify all necessary information in person before the school year begins. Part of their trip to your home is also to verify telephone numbers. Phone number verification should be done on a monthly basis for all those numbers listed for a special needs student.