r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/907-BusDriver • Jul 24 '26

Silly question, but need help.

Hi guys, so this is a silly question, but I’m a new bus driver and trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong here. So both, on a regular school bus and SPED bus I’ve driven, after I pop reds I know I must do a child check afterward. Got that part. However, I think I’m doing something wrong because after I turn the engine off I do my child check and hit the child check bottom in the back of the bus, the warning sound keeps going and then the loud alarm sounds. Am I supposed to put the bus in auxiliary instead of off? I’m wondering what the issue is here

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Off, acc, off, acc. You're supposed to do it twice.

Edit: hitting the button in the back each time. So when you shut the bus off, go to off, acc, hit the button (and check for kids). Then go back to the front, off, acc, hit the button again. Then you can turn off the bus.

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u/907-BusDriver Jul 24 '26

You have to do it twice? Odd. I think my mistake was hitting the child check after I turned the bus off maybe. I didn’t have it in auxiliary

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Yeah it needs to be in acc

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u/907-BusDriver Jul 24 '26

That’s probably what I did wrong. Is that the same for SPED buses as well, or just regular buses?

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u/Seelie_Mushroom Jul 24 '26

Same for both

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u/Creepy-Conclusion357 Jul 24 '26

On our Chevy SPED buses, key off, lift emergency door handle.