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THE school bus should travel on a 

 well defined schedule. A copy of 

 this schedule should be filed in the 

 administrator's office. He should 

 be able to pull from his file the bus 

 schedule for any bus engaged in trans- 

 porting pupils, check the time, and tell 

 approximately where any driver is on his 

 route. The variation should not be 

 more than five minutes and never ahead 

 of schedule. 



Bus drivers should not be asked to 

 wait on pupils who are not ready and 

 waiting except in unusual cases. Tardy 

 pupils keep the bus on the road longer 

 than necessary and make the service less 

 efficient. 



In bad weather parents should take 

 steps to protect the health and safety of 

 their small children. However, it is 

 possible in bad weather for children liv- 

 ing up lanes or impassable roads to walk 

 to the bus line and along the route of the 

 bus to a neighbor's house to be picked 

 up with the neighbor's children. Before 

 long the bus driver becomes familiar with 

 his route and where to expect the pupils, 

 depending on the weather. 



"It is not legally required that the ve- 

 hicle used in transporting pupils shall 



School Bus Should 

 Operate on Well 

 Defined Schedule 



By JOHN COX 



Director, lAA Rural School Relations 



This is the third of a series of three 

 articles on school bus transportation. 



go to the home of each child in the dis- 

 trict," says Circular 309, "Safe Trans- 

 portation," published by the office of the 

 State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion. Continuing it says, "It is recom- 

 mended that the vehicle go to the near- 

 est entrance along the route of travel .... 

 If the distance (for the pupil to walk to 

 the bus route) is too great, the board may 

 employ the parent or some other per- 

 son (under contract) to transport the 

 children to the transportation line." It 

 adds that such supplementary- service is 

 not cornpulsory. 



Most people who have had experience 

 with pupil transportation agree that the 

 28 or 36 passenger buses can be operated 

 more successfully on most rural roads 

 than the large 48, 52, or 60 passenger 

 buses. 



The responsibility of the school board 

 and principal are roughly as follows: 



1. Provide the very best pupil trans- 

 portation service possible. 



2. Arrange bus routes to eliminate un- 

 necessary stops so that pupils can be 

 transported in a reasonable time. The 

 state recommends 30 minutes as the 

 maximum time a grade school youngster 

 should be required to stay on the bus 

 and 60 minutes for a high school student. 



3. Protect the buses which usually are 

 the property of the school district from 

 uneconomical use and untimely deteriora- 

 tion on bad roads. 



No one other than pupils or teachers 

 regularly assigned to the bus should be 

 allowed to ride unless given a special 

 permit from the school board. 



Liability insurance is not necessary. 



School boards are not liable in case of 



school bus accidents while transporting 



resident pupils. Although school boards 



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w^ho is vaccinated w^ith fresh, po- 

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 serum and virus! 



The farmer who doesn't take un- 

 necessary risks will find an ample 

 supply of this serum and virus at 

 his County Farm Bureau building 

 at all times. 



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