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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so a message was sent out by the school AP asking to bring clothes to school. [b]How did they know parents wanted the children to go to school on a replacement bus?[/b] Not understanding why parents were not notified earlier to pick up their kid at whatever location this happened. It was not when the bus reached the school the incident happened.[/quote]

That's standard procedure with a bus malfunction.[/quote]

No it is not when student has been exposed. Even the health room calls when kid pees in their pant and they already have a change of clothes at school. [/quote]

What did you want them to do, just sit on the side of some road? What if the parents couldn't be reached? What if they were an hour away? Taking them to the school is fine.[/quote]

It doesn't matter how far away you are and school doesn't know either, but the school should be making phone calls right then  asking parents if your emergency contact person can be notified to pick up your kid or if that person can meet your kid at the medical facility until you get to them, NOT be sent to school until parent/caretaker is present. There are people who have not been exposed to that stuff inside the school building. When an accident happens, an EmT is on site to check and asks if the person wants to be taken to hospital. Did the students decline service to a hospital? That's their caregiver's decision.[/quote]

Here is the regulation covering bus accidents:

2. Accident scene responsibilities include the following:
a) The dispatcher, or if the dispatcher is not on duty, the bus operator
ensures that emergency services and an MCPS DOT supervisor are
called to the scene.
b) A bus involved in an accident or collision shall not be moved until
released by a police officer or a DOT supervisor.
c) In compliance with federal transportation standards, MCPS
operators must cooperate with drug testing following any accident
resulting in injury or sufficient damage to necessitate a vehicle being
towed.
3. Notification
a) Accidents must be reported to the dispatcher and police
immediately.
b) The dispatcher will notify appropriate MCPS personnel, including
the Office of the Chief Operating Officer (OCOO) when
appropriate, in accordance with notification procedures.
c) DOT staff will notify the OCOO.
d) Following notification of an accident involving students, the
principal/designee should contact parents/guardians as soon as
possible.
e) If students or staff involved in the accident are hospitalized,
administrative or supervisory personnel from the school and DOT
will be sent to the hospital.

[url]https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/eeara.pdf[/url]
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