Transportation Policy part 2

Good Afternoon Parents,

I wanted to follow up with last night's email so that you were all aware of what the new procedure was for granting permission for a student-athlete to ride home in a mode of transportation other than the bus.

Please keep in mind that as a school district and athletic department we encourage all student-athletes to ride the bus home from away games. As I said last night, it is important for our teams to be together after wins or losses, and exceptions to our bus rule should really only be made for family events that were planned in advance or family emergencies.

If you would like to have your student-athlete ride home in your car or with another parent/guardian, please follow the steps below. These steps apply to both BHS student-athletes and BMS student-athletes.

1. Download this form or have your student-athlete pick one up from the main office. No other form, note, message, or email will be accepted. Students must complete a new form for each event.
2. Your student-athlete must then turn this form in at the main office or to the Athletic Director before they are dismissed for their away game. Coaches will then be provided with the names of students who have permission to opt-out of traveling on the bus. Coaches will not accept these forms after the game or on the bus to the game. It is the responsibility of your student-athlete to make sure it is turned in ahead of time and verified by the AD or main office.
3. This form is only of use for you to bring your student-athlete home or for another parent/guardian to bring them home. Students can never leave an away game with another student.

Thank you for your patience with this new procedure. 

Again, as it states in the handbook, the spirit of our transportation rule is that students are riding to and from games with their team, and only making exceptions when necessary.  Of course, there are always exceptions to every rule, but as a practice, we would still encourage parents to limit the times where those types of reasons are used. Instead, please encourage your student-athletes to do the best they can with pre-planning before a game that they know has a long bus ride so that they can get assignments done early or discuss the difficulty with a teacher. Doing this will only help in our mission to foster the development of important life skills through athletics. 

Thank you, and go Belmont!

Paul Landau

Athletic Director

Belmont High School

Belmont Middle School

Office: 603-267-6525 ext 1362

Cell: 603-937-4003

Twitter: @RedRaidersBHS

https://belmonthighschoolredraiders.bigteams.com/

"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." —Phil Jackson.

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