In no sense is placement on the special needs bus a removal of student responsibility to behave on the special needs bus. The most successful Driver Teams maintain fair, firm and friendly rules. As parents you should not encourage this latter attitude. The Superintendent maintains a cost accounting system for all pupil transportation expenditures sufficient to provide full documentation for state pupil transportation funding. The Superintendent integrates a working pupil transportation safety program utilizing community resources, law enforcement, and state agencies concerned with pupil transportation.
Safety begins with the school board and the chief officers of the school district.
With the Transportation Director the Superintendent provides a published Departmental Handbook containing specific instructions for implementing the school district's transportation policy. This means as a parent you have access to it. It is not advisable for non-trained personnel to learn their skills on the special needs bus. That is not fair to the special needs students and you. Inservice training includes refresher training for experienced special needs Drivers and Assistants on your Driver Team.