Who is responsible for supervising students as they embark and disembark from the bus?

The principal of the school has a significant role in ensuring student safety, which includes overseeing policies and procedures related to student transportation. While the bus driver is directly responsible for the operation of the bus and ensuring that students are safely loaded and unloaded, the principal is tasked with the overarching responsibility of student welfare as part of their leadership duties. This includes coordinating with transportation staff, implementing safety protocols, and fostering communication with parents about their children’s safety during transportation.

The role of the transportation director is more focused on the logistics and operation of transportation services across the district, rather than direct supervision of students at the bus stop. Parents are responsible for their children’s safety outside the school context, but they do not supervise students during school transportation. Therefore, the principal assumes the key supervisory role when it comes to managing and ensuring that students are safely embarking and disembarking from the bus.