Are kindergarten students dropped off at stops when a parent/guardian is not present?
There are very few noon stops any more since the district has gone to all day kindergarten. Tacoma school district bus drivers are instructed not to leave a kindergarten student alone without a person acknowledging their presence. In the event that someone is not at the bus stop to receive a child, the bus driver will contact the dispatch office and report the situation. A reasonable effort will be made to contact a parent/guardian. If contact cannot be made, dispatch will notify the child’s school. The child will be returned to the school at the end of the bus run or the child’s assigned bus stop if contact had been made with the parent/guardian. A parent/guardian must provide written authorization that a parent/guardian or other will not be at the noon stop and the student may walk home or to daycare without supervision.
