Rules of Conduct for Students Riding the Bus:

Obey the bus driver at all times - The driver is in full charge and has the authority to assign seats. Students and parents should know that for safety and student behavior management, activity on our school buses could be recorded using a video/audio recording system installed on the majority of our buses.
Remain safely seated, speak softly, and use no profanity - Passengers shall promptly go to an available or assigned seat. Aisles and exits shall remain clear. No shouting or loud talking permitted.
Respect people and property - No disruptive, distracting, discourteous, rude, or abrasive behavior allowed. Parents of students identified as causing damage to buses could be charged with the cost of incurred damage.
Keep head, hands, and all objects inside the bus - Books and personal belongings will be kept out of aisles.
Eating and drinking are not allowed on the bus - Passengers shall not use or possess e-cigarettes, tobacco, alcohol, drugs or any controlled substance on the bus.
Items not allowed on the bus - To comply with state law and district policies, the following items are NOT ALLOWED inside a school bus (your student needs to plan alternate transportation if any of these items need to be transported to/from school):
- Any item that can cause injury to passengers on the bus, including but not limited to: sticks, breakable containers, straps or pins protruding from clothing.
- Jars, bottles, and other glass objects.
- Weapons, including but not limited to: guns, knives, razor blades, squirt guns, fireworks, aerosol cans.
- Students will not have animals on buses, except one providing assistance to a disabled student, as approved by the District Office.
- Oversized musical instruments or large, bulky objects, including large shop or horticultural projects, which cannot be held or placed between legs, etc. Horticultural flats must be held and not placed else where.
- Sports equipment, such as golf clubs, skis, snowboards, and skateboards.
- Inflated balloons and other large projects/objects.

Mount Baker SD #507