POLICY STATEMENT:
The Board believes that special transportation
requests for students should only be addressed as outlined in the
following guidelines and procedures.
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES:
1. Over Aged Students.
The Board will not
undertake to transport students who are older than 19 years of age on September
1st of that school year.
2. Pre-school Age Students.
a. Where
a child requires an early intervention program offered through one of the
Board’s schools, transportation will be provided, and the costs of this
transportation shall be ascribed to the funding accessed for that child.
b. Where a child requires an early
intervention program offered through a school in another jurisdiction, and the
Board agrees to direct that child to the required program, transportation will
be provided, and costs of that transportation shall be ascribed to the funding accessed for that child.
c. Where a parent chooses an early
intervention program offered through a school in another jurisdiction rather
than a program available through a local school, the Board will not provide
transportation.
3. Temporary Transportation Requests.
Requests for temporary transportation of students
occasioned by family, medical, or social circumstances may be approved by the
Transportation Coordinator, provided that such requests do not disrupt services
to other students, and there is no significant cost for said transportation.
4. Changes in attendance areas
a. When a
student’s residence changes to another school’s attendance area within the
Division during the school year, and the student wishes to continue to attend
the school in which he/she registered at the start of the school year,
transportation will be provided (at no cost) only if there is no disruption to
service for other students, and transfers, if necessary, can be arranged. For the school year following such a request,
any further request for transportation service will fall under the conditions
of Policy IC – Student Attendance Areas, and parents shall be so informed in
writing prior to June 1 of the current school year.
b. When a student’s residence changes to
another school jurisdiction, and that student wishes to continue attending the
school in which he/she registered at the start of the school year, any request
for transportation will fall under the conditions of Policy ICA –
Out-of-Attendance Area Transportation Fees, and may be provided from a
designated pick-up point on an existing route within Aspen View.
c. The Board will not provide
transportation to enable a student who moves into Aspen View Regional Division
No.19 from another jurisdiction to attend a school in the other jurisdiction.
5. Yard Service – Special Needs Students.
The Transportation
Coordinator is responsible for considering requests for special transportation
for special needs students subject to the following conditions:
a. Requests
for yard service, whether for regular or
temporary service should be made in writing to the Transportation Supervisor at
least two(2) weeks prior to the expected commencement of the service.
b. Requests must be accompanied by a
properly executed “Hold Harmless Agreement” where provision of the requested
service necessitates the entry of a Division owned or contracted school bus
onto private property.
6. The applicant shall be responsible for maintaining any private road that may be required, to
standards acceptable to the Board.
Date Of Amendment: October
5, 2004
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