TRANSPORTATION GUIDELINES
Cumberland Valley School District routes school buses, establishes
stops and maintains safety in the most efficient manner consistent with State
Law, School Board Policy and Cumberland Valley School District guidelines.
Realizing that there may be conflicts involved with changing
school bus stop locations, the following criteria will be utilized in
establishing new stops or reviewing current stop locations:
1.
Examining potential safety issues
at bus stops
2.
Student access to bus stops
i. Stops for all grade levels that are
located less than 200 feet apart may be combined and placed at the safest
location
ii. Stops inside residential areas will
be set at predetermined centralized locations that maximize safety
iii. Buses will not enter cul-de-sacs,
unless their length is greater than 1 mile or if the entrance is determined to
be on a hazardous route as determined by PennDot
iv. Buses will not enter residential
areas with only one egress and ingress of less than 1 mile unless entrance is
determined to be a hazard. If stop is deemed a hazard the stop will be at
the closest, safest possible location
v. Buses are not permitted on private
roads, development owned roads or undedicated roads
vi. Wherever possible, walking
distances of all grade level students will be kept to a reasonable distance –
Elementary .50 mile; Secondary
1.0 miles. (Note: State law permits maximum walking distance
for an elementary child to be 1.0 mile; middle school 1.5 mile and high school
2 miles; activity/club buses (all grade levels) 2.0 miles.)
3. The Transportation Manager will
review exceptions to the above criteria on a case-by-case basis.
i. Visibility at stop to be 500 feet
in either direction
ii. Maintaining State mandated distance
for activation of school bus 8-way warning lights and stop signs
iii. Stops that require the school bus
to back up will be kept to a minimum
iv. Routes
will be designed to avoid cul-de-sac or dead ends
v. Kindergarten mid-day runs to be at
home or centralized locations. AM/PM stops to be at community stops
vi. All grade level
students will be given 1 AM stop/1 PM stop. The AM Stop can differ from
the PM Stop but must be 5 days a week. Multiple stops will not be
permitted
4. Administration has the sole responsibility and
authority to develop bus routes based on guidelines established and adopted by
the School Board. Changes will only be made following the review of the
Transportation Manager. School Bus Drivers are not permitted to change
the location of school bus stops.
The above procedures were developed by Administration, in an
attempt, to provide efficient transportation throughout the District while
keeping the safety of our students a priority. If you have a safety question or
concern regarding the location of a bus stop, please contact the transportation
department at [email protected].