TIPS FOR DRIVERS ON FIELD TRIPS

We are so appreciative of our volunteer drivers!  Without you, there 
would be no field trips!  Here are a few suggestions and requests for 
safe travel, first, to and from our destinations, and, secondly, 
for �safety first� behavior in the �destination parking area� and our 
own school parking lot.  

(1)  Remind the children who are exiting your vehicle to wait for you 
to exit the vehicle as well, so that you may walk with them at all 
times.  One helpful suggestion is to ask the students to keep one 
hand on the vehicle once they are out until the chaperone/driver is 
ready to walk with them.  

(2)  Drivers should always pull over to the side of the street or 
into a parking lot if cell phone use is necessary.

(3)  Remind the children before leaving the school parking lot to 
use 'indoor,' quiet voices.

(4)  Arrive at school around 15 minutes before departure time.  Wait 
outside the classroom door.  The teacher will ask you to come in at 
the appropriate time to hear the instructions given to the students.

(5)  Remember that you are the chaperone for the children assigned to 
you.  Please stay with that particular group of children for the 
entire field trip.

And, again, THANK YOU for volunteering!