Lighthouse Christian College expects that all students taking the bus will:
1. Listen to the Bus Driver: We expect that students listen respectfully when the Bus Driver is speaking. The following are required of student passengers:
- When the Bus Driver is speaking to passengers, students should be quiet and look at the Bus Driver
- Students are not permitted to be disrespectful towards the Bus Driver or other passengers
- Students are to immediately carry out reasonable instructions and directions given by the Bus Driver
2. Maintain safe noise levels: Passengers must keep noise levels to a normal conversational level. Students are not permitted to shout or communicate loudly across the bus.
3. Have respect for property: Respect for the bus and other people’s property is a must.
- Students are not to put their feet on seats
- Students must not drop rubbish on the bus floor
- Students must not deface, mark, or destroy bus seating, upholstery, etc.
- Students must not interfere with other students’ property
4. Display appropriate demeanour, speech, & dress:
- Uniform should be worn correctly throughout the whole bus journey
- No unacceptable gesture, language or verbal harassment of the Bus Driver or other passengers is permitted
- No unacceptable gestures, language or verbal harassment of pedestrians or passengers in other vehicles on the street is permitted
- The courtesies of saying "good morning", "hello", etc to Bus Driver is an important part of the college culture.
5. Uphold Safety: Students must ensure they:
- Remain seated properly in their seats during the whole journey.
- Do not get up, walk around, kneel on the seats, wrestle, hang over the seats, or put any part of their bodies out of the window.
- Do not throw anything out of the windows.
- Do not eat whilst on the bus to avoid choking hazards and anaphylactic emergencies.
6. Have healthy interpersonal relationships: The College requires a Christian standard in the way students treat each other on the bus. Specifically, we require that students:
- Speak respectfully to each other and to the Bus Driver
- Have an attitude of compassion, befriending and assistance to the students who struggle socially- no cliques and exclusiveness
- Show sexual purity in modest behaviour and speech.
- Physical contact between students is prohibited