Student Handbook - Kingsport City Schools - Website

K I N G S P O R T C I T Y S C H O O : S T U D E N T H A N D B O O KMEAL PRICES*BREAKFAST Students Staff VisitorsElementary Schools $1.50 $1.90 $2.35Middle Schools $1.50 $1.90 $2.35High School $1.50 $1.90 $2.35LUNCH Students Staff VisitorsElementary Schools $2.15 $2.75 $3.60Middle Schools $2.40 $2.75 $3.60High School $2.40 $2.75 $3.60OUTSIDE FOOD AND BEVERAGESPlease do not bring food or beverages to your child from any outside eatingestablishment.Parents/guardians are invited during the school year to have lunch in the cafeteria with theirchildren. All lunch visits must be pre-approved by the student’s teacher or administration toensure there is an accurate lunch count. Only parents/guardians are allowed for lunch visits;current identification must be shown upon arrival. Again, please do not bring outside food orbeverages to your child.TRANSPORTATIONBUS TRANSPORTATIONStudent transportation is a privilege extended to students who qualify for transportation.Students who do not obey the rules governing student transportation may have theirtransportation privileges revoked by the school district.Students are assigned to a specific bus and must ride the bus to which they are assigned.Students will be allowed off the bus only at school, home, and locations requested in writing bythe parents (alternate drop-off locations must be a current stop on an already established route,approved by the Director of Transportation). Any request to ride a different bus (or any bus ifyou are normally ineligible for bus transportation) must be done using a bus pass that isapproved by the parent/guardian and completed by school office personnel. The principal orhis/her designee handles discipline problems relating to the buses. Video cameras with audiorecording capability are utilized on Kingsport City School buses to record student activity andbehavior.Parents should have their child at the designated pick-up point and ready for boarding at leastfive minutes before the bus is scheduled to arrive. The driver is not required to wait at the busstop for a student. If after five (5) consecutive school days a student isn’t at the assigned busstop, the driver may omit this portion of their run until contacted by the parents and told that thechild will be riding the bus again.Occasionally, there may be a problem with the bus or it may be delayed. If this occurs and youhave a question, please call the respective school or the Transportation Office at(423) 392.4416.24