1. Students who possess a valid driver’s license may, with parent/guardian approval, drive to and from school in a private vehicle. Parents/guardians and students assume all responsibilities when a student travels by a student-driven vehicle both to and from school and during school hours.

1. Students and parents/guardians must sign a permission form to grant the student permission to drive, transport or be a passenger in a student-driven vehicle. Eligible students receive the permission form at school and extra copies are available at the main office.

2. Students will drive in a proper manner and follow all school rules and traffic laws and regulations.

2. The School Division recognizes that safe transportation for students who drive private vehicles is the responsibility of the driver and his or her parents/guardians and the Division seeks student and parent/guardian cooperation in ensuring the safety of everyone. Enforcement of strict regulations is difficult if not impossible to monitor, but school administration will conduct random checks for student compliance with the following:

3. Students should not transport other students except for appropriate reason and only after obtaining the signed permission form which indicates written approval of the driver’s parent/guardian, the passenger’s parent/guardian, and the school Principal.

4. Students should not ride as a passenger in a student-driven vehicle unless the driver has obtained appropriate permission (as above) and the passenger has obtained the signed permission form from his or her parent/guardian.

5. Students will not use the vehicle during school hours (9:00 AM-3:30 PM inclusive of lunch hour) unless the driver has obtained the written approval of his/her parent/guardian and the Principal or designate on the designated form described in 1.a.

6. If students comply with these requirements and intend to transport other students to or from a school-sponsored activity, permission of the coach/supervisor is also required. In addition, the Principal or his/her designate may appoint an appropriate person to travel in the front passenger seat of the student’s vehicle.

7. Students who need to leave the school for any reason during regularly scheduled class time must sign out at the main office and sign in upon returning to school.

8. Students are encouraged to park in areas near the Sportex or Spray Pool. Parking in the staff parking lot is not permitted.

3. Failure to comply with the expectations contained in this policy will result in consequences according to the school’s Code of Conduct and may result in restrictions on vehicle use at school or in the towing/removal of the vehicle from school property.

BOARD APPROVED:

August 30, 2007

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