To ensure the safe and efficient transportation of students to and from school, the Office of Transportation has set the following guidelines for the creation of bus routes and stops:

• No school bus route will be established on any road not maintained by the city or state highway department.
• Students are to be at their bus stops no more than five minutes prior to the scheduled arrival of the school bus.
• Bus stops are designed to be within three-tenths of a mile for elementary students and five-tenths of a mile for secondary students from the place of residence where time restraints, road conditions, and vehicle access allows.
• Regular education school bus routes will not be established within a cul-de-sac or on a dead end roadway where backing up will be required.
• A school bus may be parked on private property and on city- or state-maintained roadways as long as the bus is legally parked.
• Non-transportation zones may be established within an individual school attendance zone.

Transportation will not be provided in non-transportation zones within 1.0 miles of an elementary school and within 1.5 miles of a secondary school. Students who live within an established non-transportation zone will not be transported by a school bus.

For more information about bus policies and routes, call the Office of Transportation at 757.263.1545 or check the school division’s Web site at www.vbschools.com.