Only students who enrolled through certain programs are eligble for transportation.  Bus stop and time information for the 2010-11 school year will be mailed by the Transportation Department about a week before school starts.  If you have any questions, please call the Transportation Department at 858-496-8460.  You may also contact Challenger's Transportation Liasion, Mrs. Maria Yap, at 858-586-7001, ext. 2216 when the school office opens on August 24, 2010. 

 

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Bus Rules

1. Be at the bus stop on time.

2. Show respect at all times in your voice, tone, and body language.

3. Follow all school/bus rules and bus driver directions.

4. Do not get off the bus once you have boarded the bus.

5. No food or drink allowed on the bus.

6. Cell phones are not to be used on the bus unless there is an emergency. Students may use cell phones at the direction of an adult.

7. Have your bus pass ready every day. It is your school ID card with a bus sticker. Students who do not have a bus pass may not be allowed on the bus and parent will have to pick the student up from school. Temporary bus passes are only issued before school or at lunch.

8. If you lose your ID card, you must purchase a replacement for $5.00. Challenger will give you the first ID card for free.

If these policies and/or procedures are violated, a staff member and bus driver will apply the following supports in a consistent manner. Repeated loss of bus pass will result in lunch clean-up and/or detention. For complete set of rules and policies, see the booklet “Information about Your School Bus Service” published by San Diego Unified School District and distributed at the beginning of the year with your bus stop information.

Consequences for not following bus rules may include the following:

- After-school detention, in-school suspension, lunch detention, lunch clean-up, suspension from riding bus

- A parent conference may be held at any time

If an incident occurs and the ensuing investigation does not reveal the student(s) responsible, the entire bus will be held responsible and will receive consequences. Students have opportunities to discuss information privately with staff members (teachers, counselors, vice-principal). They are encouraged to report problems on the bus.

 

Bus - Staying After School - Students who ride the bus may only stay after school to ride the late bus if they have school business such as EDRP/EDMP (after school reading or math class), P.E. make-ups, a club meeting, intramural sports, or tutoring. The student must have parent permission and teacher permission before staying after school. Students must remain with the teacher until the after school bus pickup time. Students are not allowed to leave campus and then return to take the late bus. Not all transportation routes have a close bus stop. Students should check the late bus stop list before staying after school. If a student stays late without permission, a parent may be required to pick the student up from school.

 

Bus Stop Changes - Changes in bus stops can only be made through written request of the parent to Challenger’s

Bus Liaison. This process takes two weeks to implement. Students are only allowed to get on and off at their assigned bus stop.