FILE:  EDCB

Cf:  EDDB

 

CARPOOL AND BUS LINE SAFETY

 

 

The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board shall require safety rules for carpool and bus lines at any school that includes any of the grades kindergarten through five.  The safety rules shall require, but not be limited to, the following:

 

  1. Students shall remain a safe distance from the pick-up area behind something material or immaterial intended to block passage, as deemed appropriate for the particular school building.

  2. Students shall wait in the pick-up area and wait for vehicles to come to a complete stop.

  3. A student being dropped off shall remain in the appropriate passenger restraint until the vehicle in which he/she is a passenger comes to a complete stop.

  4. A student in grades kindergarten through three shall be accompanied by a school employee while he/she is walking to and from a pick-up area.

  5. School administrators are required to post the policy.

  6. Cars must be in a parked position when students exit the vehicle.

  7. Students must enter, exit and be seated on the passenger side of the car.

  8. All backpacks and other materials must be inside the vehicle.

  9. There should be no texting or phone usage when dropping off/picking up students.

  10. All students must be picked up through the carpool line, transported via school bus, or designated as a walker.  Students being transported via vehicle must use the carpool line.

 

* Please note: All designated walkers should live within a one-mile radius of the school.

 

New policy:  September 28, 2023

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยงยง17:81, 17:158

Board minutes, 9-28-23

 

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board