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Philomath SD 17J board weighs clearer rules for large instruments, skateboards and bus safety
Summary
Board members reviewed proposed changes to student transportation and bus-conduct policy, debating exceptions for large musical instruments, rules to secure skateboards and scooters, and how responsibilities should be split between the district AR and transportation vendor. Staff will return revised AR language.
Board members of Philomath SD 17J reviewed a proposed update to student transportation rules and an attached administrative regulation (AR), focusing on how the district should handle large instruments, skateboards and other items on buses.
At the meeting, a committee member, speaking as a parent, raised a practical safety concern for large instruments that do not fit under a bus seat. "As a parent of a French horn playing child," the committee member said, "that French horn case does not fit safely on a lap or under a seat. It required was required to actually sit upon the seat."…
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