BUS POLICY & SAFETY

The Management of Saint Arnold’s school provides safe, reliable and efficient bus facilities for students. While we are committed to offer best of the bus services to you, we cannot do it without your cooperation and understanding. We have framed the policies taking into consideration safety and the convenience of the students based on the directives given by the SC and State Government (RTO).

⇨ Parents are responsible for the conduct of their children while they are waiting for the bus and returning home from the designated bus stop.

⇨ Buses will arrive and depart from pick-up/drop-off points at the scheduled times and cannot wait for late students or parents/guardians.

⇨ Students are requested to be present at their designated bus stop 10 minutes before the scheduled pick up time and should wait up to 10 minutes after the scheduled pickup time.

⇨ The bus service cannot drop-off every child to an individual address therefore children may have to walk some distance to the bus pick up point.

⇨ Pickup times are only estimated times and may vary due to weather, road conditions, or as students are added/deleted from bus routes during the course of the year.

⇨ If a student misses the bus, the parent must find alternate means of transporting the child to school.

⇨ During inclement weather, a bus driver may determine that a street/road cannot be negotiated safely. Parents are responsible for making alternate arrangements to ensure that their child gets to school.

⇨ Students while travelling on the school bus must maintain discipline. Any student guilty of misconduct will not be allowed to avail the bus facility.

⇨ A student shall be refused the bus facility if involved in damage to the bus property or causing any kind of disturbance to other students sitting in the bus or any kind of act that amounts to ragging. Any damage done to the bus will have to be compensated by the student/parent

⇨ Eating and/or drinking inside the bus is not permitted.

⇨ Discontinuation of bus facility will only be allowed term wise. Bus facility cannot be discontinued for any particular month.

⇨ Bus facility will be immediately terminated if the dues are not cleared on time.

⇨ Bus fees are made for 12 months in a year and have to be paid quarterly. It should be paid within 12 working days of the beginning of the quarter. A fine of Rs.100.00 will be charged for payments made after the due date.

⇨ No transport facility shall be available for other activities / events that school may plan on holidays / vacations.

⇨ Students/ parents will not have any transactions / altercation / with the bus staff. Bus employees are not authorized to change/add bus stops.

⇨ Parents are requested to note down any violations committed by the driver or the bus staff and immediately report to the school Management.

⇨ Please cooperate with the drivers and attendants. It takes nearly two weeks to set the transport route. Hence, there is a possibility of mismatch of timings given to you at the start

⇨ The school should be informed about any change of address or contact number, immediately to avoid any inconveniences.

⇨ The school has taken utmost care for the safety and convenience of the students. Any suggestion/ complaint regarding the transport service are to be made in writing strictly to the Management only.

⇨ Bus fees are dependent upon escalation of various factors which are not in the control of Management and therefore Management reserves all the rights to revise the Bus facility charges at any point of time.