In the event of an emergency or similar serious incident, First Student, Marin Transit, and the JPA Program Manager will dedicate themselves to securing the safety of students as a first priority and will respond to the incident accordingly. Communication to parents will be sent as soon as possible once all necessary safety and response … Continued
School buses are some of the safest vehicle on the road today. According the National Safety Council Statistics, school buses are 172 times safer than passenger cars in terms of occupant deaths per 100 million passenger miles traveled. School buses rank much better than any other form of surface transportation.
First Student, a leading school bus service provider, operates the buses with trained and certified drivers.
The day-to-day operations of the Yellow Bus program and strategic oversight and planning of the program are handled by the Tiburon Peninsula Traffic Relief JPA.
First Student’s drivers are fully certified, courteous, and professional. In addition to a Commercial Driver’s License, school bus drivers must also obtain a School Pupil Activity Bus (SPAB) certification. This certification process trains drivers on issues specific to student transportation and also includes fingerprinting and background checks.
First Student drivers are assigned the same routes each day, but they are entitled to sick days and vacation, and some driver attrition is inevitable.
Drivers are responsible for maintaining proper student supervision and monitoring of all students on board.
An Incident Report Form will be filed and the parents will be informed. All bus drivers will have citation forms on the bus. Citations will be used as a tool by the bus drivers to maintain a safe environment on the buses for all students.
Yes. If a child does not respond to the progressive discipline assigned, a child’s pass may be suspended or revoked without refund.
Yes. Parents are financially responsible for vandalism caused by their child, either on the bus or at a bus stop.
