702.03 R1 - School Transportation for School Trips Regulation

I.          Requests for Field Trips

Requests for field trips should be made on a trip request form and should be approved by the Principal.  These requests should identify the grade and class and tell why the trip is being taken.  The number of students should be specified and the time for the bus to be at the building and the length of the trip and return time should also be listed.  Requests for transportation for field trips should be made Wednesday preceding the week of the trip.

Parents may be invited to accompany the class on a field trip.  They may be of some help in caring for the children and this practice helps to interpret the school program to parents.

Requests for field trips shall be directed to the principal and then to the Superintendent’s designee so bus travel may be arranged.

 

II.        Transportation for Field Trips

Certain school vehicles will be available for trips which can be taken between the hours of 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.  All activity and field trips should be made in the following conveyances only:

1. School bus or school-owned vehicles
2. Commercial Carrier
3. Passenger cars or other conveyances carrying one adult designated as the sponsor or chaperone.

Students arriving at any activity by means other than authorized by the school, are ineligible for that activity, and will not be allowed to participate unless previously approved by the appropriate event supervisor for good cause and in writing.

Each student is required to return from all activity trips by the same conveyance he/she used to arrive.  The only exception to this rule is that a parent may, upon written request, secure permission for the student to return with the parent.

The activity sponsor is responsible for the conduct of students to, from, and at the scheduled activity.

 

 

(April 18, 1983; July 15, 1991; May 17, 1999; July 7, 2003; May 2, 2011; June 23, 2014; November 18, 2019)