Home Our Drivers For Parents Serving Districts Become A Driver? Driver/Aide Apply Online Our Team Contact Home » Our Drivers Our Drivers All Hopewell drivers are certified with a passenger endorsed license. Drivers must pass several tests to qualify. Driver Certification Process: 1. Physical a. Complete physical b. Tuberculosis test c. Drug test 2. Background Check 3. Initial Bus Safety Class a. An eight-hour class on the Rules of the Road for bus driving 4. Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) a. 20 question multiple choice test b. Driving test i. You will take this test in a Hopewell van ii. note: you will not be a certified CDL Bus Driver. Your license will be changed to a passenger endorsed license. Our Drivers are: Highly-qualified individuals with outstanding character and integrity. Trained by therapeutic professionals in addition to traditional safety policies and procedures. Certified from the Safe Ride Section of the Illinois Secretary of State. Background-checked by the Illinois State Police. Certified through annual physicals to be in good health and free from communicable diseases. Drug-tested annually. Retrained annually through the Illinois Secretary of State. English-speaking adults over the age of 21. Well-groomed individuals who wear Hopewell identification badges at all times. · © 2021 Hopewell Services · Designed by PageDesk Incorporated · ·

Home Our Drivers For Parents Serving Districts Become A Driver? Driver/Aide Apply Online Our Team Contact Home » For Parents For Parents Hopewell Services will notify parents of a daily pick-up and drop-off time for a student. Transportation pick-up process: 1. When the driver pulls up to the student’s home, the driver will wait 3 minutes after the student’s assigned pick up time. 2. After a 3 minute wait, the driver will leave and continue on their route. 3. Attendance will be kept for all absences and “no shows” and shared with appropriate schools or internships. Transportation drop-off process: 1. Students will only be dropped off at location designated by the district. How to report an absence: If you know your child will not be needing transportation, please call the office at 815-463-9092 to inform us of your child’s absence. When you call, please tell us if your child will not need transportation in the AM, PM or all day. · © 2021 Hopewell Services · Designed by PageDesk Incorporated · ·