The board shall annually approve and review the school district bus routes. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to develop the school bus routes keeping in mind the safety of the students, the size of the school buses, the length of the route, the cost to the school district, and other factors deemed relevant by the superintendent. The superintendent shall also develop emergency school bus routes that may be necessary due to weather or other conditions.
The Cardinal Community School developed an emergency hard surface route plan. The purpose of this plan is to provide a bus transportation system on days when it is not possible to run the buses on gravel roads. In situations such as drifted or icy country gravel roads, or soft surface gravel roads, this plan will be implemented. You will also find a copy of this plan on our website www.cardinalcomet.com
Announcement concerning implementation of the Emergency Hard Surface Route plan will be made on the radio and television stations listed below. The decision for implementing this plan will normally be made no later than 6:30 a.m. In addition to the Call Em All notification system.
Albia KLBA - FM 96.7
KCCI - TV
Fairfield KMCD -KICK 96 - AM 1570
Ottumwa KBIZ - AM 1240
KLEE - AM 1480
KTVO - TV Channel 3
KRKN-KISS - 101.5
KOTM - 97.7
Approved:
Revised: October 2016
Reviewed: November 2022