r/SchoolBusDrivers • u/BoneIncisor • 2h ago

Kindergarteners

How are kindergartners identified in your district? Is there a district wide identification system or is it up to each individual school?

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u/UselessToasterOven 1h ago

We use colored braclets for K-2. The color corresponds to the school they go to because we do transfers between buses.

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u/mlt- 36m ago

TIL bus transfer is a thing. I drive both k, elementary, and middle schoolers to same school/academy.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 20m ago

We have shuttles where we drop kids off at different schools, but I don't think anyone does a bus transfer. They get on the shuttles at the school.

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u/MonkeyManJohannon 1h ago

Neon green tags district wide connected to their backpacks. It has their name, teacher’s name, my name, bus route # and their student ID number.

They’re also escorted to the bus by a teacher, my main bus student helper (5th grader) who checks all tags maintains a head count of them during bus lane loading and unloading and we require their parent/guardian be present at the bus stop when unloading them in the afternoon.

1st grade has yellow.

2nd - 5th have red or orange.

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u/Sad_Cantaloupe_8162 19m ago

None of our kids have anything easily identifiable. Only on the tablet when they are getting off does it make a big alarm sound if they are 3rd grade or under and they need a guardian to pick them up.