Dear Parents,
Welcome to the Weekends Home Program. We are extremely pleased to offer
this program to you and your child. A great deal of effort and planning
goes into each trip to make sure it is safe and pleasant for all involved.
Included in this packet is a timetable for all the routes, a responsibility
letter, and exact descriptions and maps of all destinations and stops.
The Following TSBVI Staff Persons work with the Weekends Home Program
and are available to assist you with specific questions:
Anita Lewis
Weekends Home Coordinator
(512) 206-9231 (office)
(512) 844-9362
(cell)
anitalewis@tsbvi.edu
Garner Vogt
Residential Director
Comprehensive Residential B
(512) 206-9115

Shelly Allen
Residential Director
Comprehensive Residential A
(512) 206-9179.

Please don’t hesitate to call if you have questions about your
child's
weekly participation in the program or specific child-related questions.
Remember, to call us about any changes in your child's travel schedule
also. These are the only staff members
who can approve a change request.
We look forward to our 2007-2008 Weekends Home Program.
Sincerely,
Bill Daugherty
Superintendent
Weekends
Home School Closing Travel Dates for 2007-2008
School Closing Travel Dates
| Holiday & Long Weekend Dates |
Travel Dates |
February 1 - 4
School Closing |
2/01 Friday Drop Off/Depart Travel
2/4 Sunday Pick-Up/Return Travel |
March 7 - 16
Spring Break |
3/7 Friday Drop Off/Depart Travel
3/16 Sunday Pick-Up/Return Travel |
March 20 - 24
School Closing |
3/20 Thursday Drop Off / Depart Travel
3/24 Monday Pick-Up / Return Travel |
| May 1 - 4 |
5/01 Thursday Drop Off / Depart Travel
5/04 Sunday Pick-Up / Return Travel |
This chart gives the dates of all school closings
or long weekends and holidays. The actual travel dates (for departure and return)
are darkened. The pickup and drop off times and locations for specific destinations
are the same as on normal travel days, and can be found
on the weekends home trip schedule in this handbook.
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If you have questions about transportation, call either
Anita Lewis at (512) 206-9231 (office) or (512) 844-9362 (cell).
TSBVI
Responsibilities For Students Riding School Buses/Vans
- Sticking To The Schedule You Have Chosen.We are not
able to change the weekend home schedule assigned to your child
except
in emergency or critical situations. If you believe that you have an emergency
or critical situation and would like to request a change in your child's
schedule this must be done no later than 4:00pm of the day before travel
will occur and you must call either:
Garner Vogt
Residential Director
Comprehensive Residential B
(512) 206-9115
or
Shelly Allen
Residential Director
Comprehensive Residential A
(512) 206-9179.
Also, if your child will not be returning on Sunday, as soon as
possible, please notify:
Anita Lewis
Weekends Home Coordinator
(512) 206-9231
(512) 844-9362
- Picking Up Your Child On Time. You must be at the designated
pick-up point each Friday and Sunday to pick up or drop off your children.
If you would like to arrange for someone other than yourself to pick up
your child, you must submit a written statement to Mr. Vogt or Ms. Allen
so staff will know that they have permission to release the student to
the person you designate.
- Checking In With a Staff Member Before Leaving the Drop-off Point. When
you arrive at the drop-off point, please get out of your car with your
child and make contact with a TSBVI staff member.
- Medication. If your child came home with medication
on Friday, then you must return the medication on Sunday. You must
check with the TSBVI staff member who is the medication sponsor before
leaving the drop-off point. If the medication is not returned, a TSBVI
staff member at the drop-off point will notify the TSBVI Health Center
and ask permission for the child to return on the bus or van without the
medication. The staff member will then tell you whether your child may
return without the medication.
- Dropping Off Your Child On Time. You must be at the
drop-off point on time. The bus or van will leave each stop promptly on
schedule. The driver is not allowed to stop at any point other than the
designated drop-off point without permission from the Weekends Home Coordinator.
If you know that you will be late to the drop-off point, you may call the
school and ask for permission to "catch up" with the bus or van
at another designated point. We will try to work with you to make another
stop, if it is safe and convenient for the bus to do so.
If you miss the bus or van entirely, it is your responsibility
to arrange for your child's transportation back to TSBVI. Garner
Vogt and Shelly Allen will assist you with this, if necessary.
- Children With Certain Medical or Health Conditions Will Not Be
Allowed to Return on the Bus or Van. Any student experiencing
a temperature above 100 degrees, diarrhea or vomiting will not be allowed
to return on the bus or van.
If, after observing any child, the staff member has observed any type
of medical or health problem indicating that the child may not be healthy
enough to return on the bus or van, the staff member may contact the
TSBVI Health Center and describe the problem to the nurse on duty.
The nurse will determine whether the student will be allowed to return
on the bus or van. The staff member will inform you of the nurse's
determination.
- Snacks and Valuables. Since we will not provide snacks
on Sunday, if you want your child to have a snack on the Sunday trip, you
must provide the snack. Due to time constraints, the students may no longer
buy snacks or other items at stores during the bus trips. Please plan ahead
by providing snacks for them. Also, remember that we will not be responsible
for any money or valuables you send back with your child.
- Using the toilet and a change of clothes. Prior to boarding
the bus for the return trip to TSBVI, please take your child to the toilet.
Also, for those students that need it, please provide between one to three
changes of clothes and at least three diapers/pull-ups, if appropriate.
These actions will help preserve your child’s dignity and comfort
in event of an accident on the return trip. Thanks for your help!
- Required Reports of Child Neglect and Abuse. Texas
State law requires all persons who have reason to believe that a child
has been abused or neglected to make a report of abuse or neglect to
a law enforcement authority such as a police department or the Texas
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. Reporting abuse or
neglect is required.
Therefore, any TSBVI staff member who believes that a TSBVI student
has been abused or neglected will make a report of such abuse or neglect
to an appropriate authority.
Types of conduct that may be reported include striking a child and
driving a child while intoxicated.
- Prohibition against Releasing Students to Persons Who Appear
to be Under the Influence of Alcohol. TSBVI prohibits Weekends
Home drivers and escorts from releasing any student to a person who appears
to be either legally intoxicated or incapable of safely operating a vehicle
because of alcohol use. At any time a driver or an escort believes that
the person to whom the student is to be released is legally under the
influence of alcohol or cannot safely operate a vehicle, the driver or
escort will notify the local law enforcement authorities to come to the
pick-up or drop-off location. The law enforcement authority will determine
whether the student may be released to the person picking up the student.
| Friday |
Sunday |
Dallas
- 2:45 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 6:30 p.m. Arrive Bear Creek
- 7:00 p.m. Arrive Balch Springs Home Depot
- 11:45 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Dallas
- 9:30 a.m. Depart TSBVI
- 2:00 p.m. Arrive Balch Springs Home Depot
- 2:45 p.m. Arrive Bear Creek
- 6:45 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Belton/Waco/ Ft. Worth
- 2:45 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 4:15 p.m. Arrive Belton McDonald's
- 5:15 p.m. Arrive Waco Shell
- 7:15 p.m. Arrive Ft. Worth Hulen Mall
- 11:30 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Belton/Waco/ Ft. Worth
- 9:30 a.m. Depart TSBVI
- 1:45 p.m. Arrive Ft. Worth Hulen Mall
- 3:45 p.m. Arrive Waco Shell
- 4:45 p.m. Arrive Belton McDonald's
- 6:45 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Houston
- 2:45 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 5:00 p.m. Arrive Columbus Shell Station
- 7:00 p.m. Arrive Houston Lighthouse for the Blind
- 11:30 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Houston
- 9:30 a.m. Depart TSBVI
- 1:30 p.m. Arrive Houston Lighthouse for the Blind
- 3:30 p.m. Arrive Columbus Shell Station
- 6:00 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
San Antonio
- 3:30 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 4:30 p.m. Arrive San Marcos Dairy Queen
- 5:30 p.m. Arrive San Antonio Windsor Park Mall
- 7:30 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
San Antonio
- 2:00 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 4:45 p.m. Arrive San Antonio Windsor Park Mall
- 5:30 p.m. Arrive San Marcos Whataburger
- 6:30 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
Llano/Eden/Abilene
- 1:30 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 1:40 p.m. Depart Lamar MS
- 3:30 p.m. Arrive Llano
- 5:45 p.m. Arrive Ballinger
- 7:00 p.m. Arrive Abilene
|
Llano/Eden/Abilene
- 2:00 p.m. Depart Abilene
- 3:00 p.m. Depart Ballinger
- 5:30 p.m. Depart Llano
- 7:00 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
College Station
- 2:45 p.m. Depart TSBVI
- 4:30 p.m. Arrive in Bryan
- 4:50 p.m. Arrive in College
Station
- 7:00 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|
College Station
- 3:30 p.m. Depart College Station
- 3:45 p.m. Depart Bryan
- 6:15 p.m. Arrive TSBVI
|