Student Transportation
Bus Safety
Please also refer to SAFETY and PROCEDURES below.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mobile Central High Bus Routes
Please use this link to determine the bus route number for your child plus the times for pick up and drop off: https://www.nlesd.ca/schools/doc/1657817628019.pdf
Early Sign out
If a student needs to be picked up early, parents must avoid the time the buses are leaving the school, as well as the time the buses are waiting in the parking lot for students to be dismissed. The early pick up time will be 2:30 pm and no later. In this case, you must sign out your child with the office.
Courtesy Seating
A courtesy seat is a seat on a bus route for a student who has not been assigned to this route based on their civic address. An example of this may be after school programs. More information about courtesy bus seating is provided in the protocol below. If you need to avail of courtesy seating, please complete the form below and send the completed form to the school.
Protocol: https://www.nlesd.ca/schools/busing/doc/courtesy_seating_protocol.pdf
Form to Apply for Courtesy Seating: https://www.nlesd.ca/schools/busing/doc/2021/2021-08-04Courtesy_Seat_Request_Form-FillablePDF.pdf
SAFETY
Expectations for Students on Parking Lot
Do not walk in between buses at any time. It does not matter if they are parked as you are not visible to others when in between the buses.
When waiting for the bus, you must wait on the sidewalk only. If a bus is arriving, students are expected to continue to wait on the sidewalk until the bus is stopped. There is a concern about students running towards moving buses and this should never happen.
When being dropped off by vehicle in the drop off/pick up lane, ensure you only pass in front of the bus where you see the pylons when the bus is stopped.
Expectations for Student Drivers
Only park in designated parking spots for students. Students can NOT park in the parking lot in front of the main entrance plus along the field in which you see red ribbons tied to the fence.
When buses are in the parking lot, they can not be passed by other vehicles. This should NOT be a problem in the afternoon dismissal since there will be no student cars parked in the vicinity of the buses. All student cars will be ahead of the buses when they are parked in the correct location.
Drive slowly in the parking lot when it is permissible for you to drive. Please be sure to drive carefully and keep a very close eye for pedestrians.
Expectations for Parents
You can not pass the buses in the afternoon. You may wait in the pick up/drop off lane in the parking lot. Students being picked up or walking will be dismissed after the buses have left the parking lot.
Parents are asked not to pass other vehicles in the parent lane to ensure the safety of our students.
There are pickups doing u-turns at the entrance of the parking lot. This is dangerous for the other students who are getting picked up. There are also vehicles lined along the entrance to the parking lot making it difficult for buses to get on to the parking lot.
Drive slowly in the parking lot when it is permissible for you to drive. Please be sure to drive carefully and keep a very close eye for pedestrians.
Please do not block the buses from entering the parking lot in the morning and afternoon. There is a line up that extends to the outside of the parking lot some mornings while parents are waiting in their cars.
PROCEDURES
Bus Drop off in the Morning
Buses will line up in the bus lane in front of the main entrance. The bus lane is closest to the building. This way no student will have to cross in front of a bus or car.
Students are asked to exit the bus and proceed directly into the building.
Parent Drop off in the Morning
Parents are asked to drop their children off at the beginning of the parent lane. The parent lane is outside the bus lane (and is not the lane closest to the building).The drop off point will begin at the pylons. This is to allow for space behind for other vehicles.
There will be a teacher present to guide the student across the bus lane. This is important to avoid students walking in between buses for safety reasons.
Parents are asked not to pass other vehicles in the parent lane to ensure the safety of our students.
It is important that students being dropped off in the front of the line are ready to exit the vehicle when it is your turn and not holding up traffic.
Bus Pick up in the Afternoon
Elementary students will load the buses first with the assistance of a teacher. Junior and Senior high students will follow second.
Students going on the bus will leave before any student walking or being picked up.
Parent Pick up in the Afternoon/Students Walking
As in the morning, the parent lane is outside the bus lane (and is not the lane closest to the building).This pick up point will begin alongside the pylons to allow for space for other vehicles behind.
Traffic will not flow until buses have been loaded and left the parking lot. Any students walking or being picked up will be dismissed after buses are loaded and left. This prevents these students from walking in between buses and other vehicles.
It is also important that vehicles do not pass other vehicles when picking up their child for safety reasons. This means that it is important students being picked up in the front of the line are ready and not holding up traffic.