All students in Kindergarten and 1st grade MUST have a Parent/Guardian present at the bus stop in the afternoon.  If you want your kindergarten or 1st grade student to be allowed to walk home without you being present, you must see your child's bus driver or someone at the Transportation Office to complete a release form.

Charles “Chuck” Poland, Jr., Act

1. A person commits the crime of trespass on a school bus in the first degree if he or she is found guilty of doing any of the following:
   1. Intentionally demolishing, destroying, defacing, injuring, burning, or damaging any school public bus.
   2. Entering a public school bus while the door is open to load or unload students without a lawful purpose, while at a railroad grade crossing, or after being forbidden from doing so by the authorized school bus driver in charge of the bus, or upon demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is assigned or other duly authorized school system official.
   3. As an occupant of a public school bus, refusing to leave the bus on demand of the authorized school bus driver in charge of the bus, or upon demand of a principal of a school to which the bus is assigned or other duly authorized school system official.
   4. Intentionally stopping, impeding, delaying, or detaining any public school bus being operated for public school purposed with the intent to commit a crime therein.
2. The crime of trespass on a school bus in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
3. Subdivisions (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) do not apply to a child who is less than 12 years of age or to authorized school personnel who are boarding the school bus as a part of their job assignment.