Hope to see you at Open House tomorrow (room 14) anytime between 4 PM and 7 PM!
Today's topic is BUS TAGS. Oh my gosh, bus tags can cause a lot of confusion. I will try to explain the policy:
Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) REQUIRES any student who rides a bus HOME at dismissal to be wearing a bus tag on a lanyard around his/her neck. It is extremely common for the bus drivers to allow the child to ride TO school in the morning WITHOUT the bus tag, but they will not allow the child to ride the bus HOME from school at dismissal without it. This is a rule for the entire school year, not just the first few days.
In addition, the drivers will not allow a kindergartner to get off of the bus at the bus stop in the afternoon unless he/she is met by an ADULT who has a MATCHING BUS TAG. When you come to school tomorrow (Thursday), we will have a set of 3 bus tags for you to use when picking up your child at the bus stop. If you have more than one person who will be picking your child up, please make sure that each person has one of the matching tags. If you need more tags, put a note in your child's agenda and we will send more home.
As far as the bus tag he/she needs to wear around his/her neck, I will put those on the children at dismissal next Tuesday. PLEASE be sure he/she wears the bus tag to school each day. If you lose the bus tag and lanyard, a replacement can be purchased in the school office...if I'm not mistaken, it's $2 for a replacement bus tag.
I'll probably be posting important info fairly often during the next few days, so keep checking back...or, you can get updates automatically by "Following" my blog. If you'd like to do that, just click the Join This Site link, to the right.
Newport News Public Schools (NNPS) REQUIRES any student who rides a bus HOME at dismissal to be wearing a bus tag on a lanyard around his/her neck. It is extremely common for the bus drivers to allow the child to ride TO school in the morning WITHOUT the bus tag, but they will not allow the child to ride the bus HOME from school at dismissal without it. This is a rule for the entire school year, not just the first few days.
In addition, the drivers will not allow a kindergartner to get off of the bus at the bus stop in the afternoon unless he/she is met by an ADULT who has a MATCHING BUS TAG. When you come to school tomorrow (Thursday), we will have a set of 3 bus tags for you to use when picking up your child at the bus stop. If you have more than one person who will be picking your child up, please make sure that each person has one of the matching tags. If you need more tags, put a note in your child's agenda and we will send more home.
As far as the bus tag he/she needs to wear around his/her neck, I will put those on the children at dismissal next Tuesday. PLEASE be sure he/she wears the bus tag to school each day. If you lose the bus tag and lanyard, a replacement can be purchased in the school office...if I'm not mistaken, it's $2 for a replacement bus tag.
I'll probably be posting important info fairly often during the next few days, so keep checking back...or, you can get updates automatically by "Following" my blog. If you'd like to do that, just click the Join This Site link, to the right.
See you tomorrow!!
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