• Each bus route will be treated as a separate cohort. If a bus cohort experiences a positive COVID case, the testing policy will be applied, as instructed in the Return To Learn guide, pages 11-12.
• Students are required to wear masks while on their buses at all times.
• Per Durham Bus Company’s vice president of safety, drivers will wear masks as students onboard and offboard the bus.  Drivers are not required to wear masks while driving as they can compromise the safety of the drive.
• Eating or drinking on buses is prohibited.
• Students must sit in their assigned seats. Seats will be assigned with the earlier stops sitting farthest back of the bus and the last stops will be assigned to the front of the bus.
• Students must stay in their assigned seats.  Siblings will be seated together whenever possible.
• Students may only ride the bus to which they are assigned. 
• Windows should be kept open, weather permitting, at the discretion of the driver.
• Seat belts are required to be worn at all times.
• Students waiting for the Staten Island, Edison/Highland Park, East Brunswick and Bergen County 4:20pm buses will wait in the Lower School library with teacher supervision. Strict social distancing will be enforced.

• Carpools are considered to be cohorts; students must travel to and from school in their own carpools.
• Mixing students from other carpools is prohibited.
• All carpool members must be masked, unless they are all siblings.
• Carpool drivers must arrive at school for pick up on time.
• Middle School students waiting for the 4:20pm dismissal for their carpools may stay in the auditorium with teacher supervision. Strict social distancing will be enforced.

• When the bus arrives at school, students should wait until an administrator gives them permission to disembark. 
• Students should remain seated and buckled until the person in the seat in front of them is at least 3 rows ahead of them in the aisle.
• Upon alighting from the bus, students will proceed to their designated cohort indoor areas.

• Carpool dropoff begins at 7:50 AM.
• All carpool drop offs will take place at the back of the school building, by the Jocheved Orbach Dining Hall.
• Parents will wait for a faculty member to indicate that carpool members may exit the car, to allow for proper distancing.
• Upon exiting their cars, students will proceed to their designated indoor cohort areas.
• Early Childhood/Lower School students will enter through the Jocheved Orbach Dining Hall doors, Middle School students will enter through the Middle School doors and High School students will enter through the side doors near the Guidance wing.

• Dismissal will be arranged in stages to limit crowding and clustering. 
• For the ride home the earlier stops are in the front of the bus and the later stops are at the back of the bus.

• Cars will line up at the back of the building on the road adjacent to the Jocheved Orbach Dining Hall.
• Parents will inform the on-duty faculty which students are being picked up.