Transportation Overview
City Schools of Decatur collaborates with DeKalb County School System Department of Transportation to provide bus transportation to students in the City of Decatur.
The Dekalb County School System Department of Transportation requires that a completed Transportation Request Form be on file for each student in City Schools of Decatur.
Bus Routes
Clairemont:
ECLC:
Glennwood:
Oakhurst:
Winnona Park:
Renfroe:
DHS:
*Transportation Update*
Registration for transportation services will be held from March 15-26th, during which registration forms will be sent home with your student's school newsletter. If you do not receive a form, it can be found here. Please return the transportation registration forms to your child's school no later than March 29, 2010. A transportation form must be completed for any student that will ride or intends to ride a school bus during the 10-11 school year.
The current CSD walk radius will be extended to a mile from the student's home to his/her school site. Students with disabilities or special needs will be individually evaluated for transportation services. Safety concerns related to transportation will also be addressed on an individual basis.
Please note that the stops along each route are subject to change. If a bus stop routinely has no riders, it may be eliminated from the route. In the afternoon, the buses leave about 10 minutes after dismissal. The bus will run the route in reverse, dropping kids off at their bus stops depending on who is riding the bus. By the end of the first two weeks of school, parents can begin to estimate their child's time of arrival at home.
Changes in routes and/or emergency information about transportation will be posted in a timely manner to the district Web site and the CSD Hotline 404-419-6055.
For more information, contact the Transportation Director for City Schools of Decatur: Simone Elder at 404-370-8737 or by e-mail at selder@csdecatur.net.
Transportation Rules
During the first week of school all rules and safety procedures will be read to students daily. After the first week, bus drivers will instruct all passengers on safety rules once a week pertaining to good ridership. A copy of these regulations will be made available to the students, and each driver will verify in writing to the Transportation Office that these rules have been reviewed weekly.
School Bus Safety Rules
1. Students will follow the directions of the driver.
2. Students should be at the bus stop 5 minutes before the bus arrives, waiting in a safe place, clear of traffic and 10 feet from where the bus stops.
3. Students will wait in an orderly line and avoid playing.
4. Students will cross the roadway in front of the bus after the bus has stopped, they have looked at the driver for a hand signal, and they have looked in both directions for traffic, left, right, left.
5. Students will signal the driver with a waving motion if something is dropped and wait for the driver to give a signal before picking up object.
6. Students will go directly to an available or assigned seat when entering the bus. Keep aisles and exits clear.
7. Students will remain properly seated, back against the back of the seat, bottom against bottom of the seat, and keep hands to themselves.
8. Students will not eat, drink, chew gum, or bring tobacco, alcohol or drugs on the bus.
9. Students will not carry animals, glass objects, nuisance items, hazardous materials, or weapons onto the bus. Students may carry only objects that can be held on their laps.
10. Students will refrain from using loud voices, profanity and/or obscene gestures, and respect the rights and safety of others.
11. Students will not extend head, arms, or objects out of the bus windows.
12. Students will be totally silent at railroad crossings.
13. Students will stay seated until time to get off the bus. The open bus door is the signal to get up from the bus seat.
14. Students must provide a written note, signed by a parent or guardian and a school official, giving permission to ride a different bus or get on or off the bus at a different bus stop location. A written note is good up to five days.
15. Students will help keep their bus clean and in good, safe condition.
Other Safety Considerations
1. The driver should not move the bus if students are standing forward of the standee line (forward of the two front seats) or in the step well.
2. Students riding a different bus or disembarking at an approved stop other than their assigned stop must have written permission from both their parent and principal.
3. Clothing that can get caught in the handrail or door is not permitted; this includes items which dangle from the book bags or clothing.
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