Know when to say when

Consider letting the students regulate the windows. It is widely known that one of the greatest producers of stress is a feeling of lack of control. Stressed students are too often unruly students. They know when they are hot or cold better than you do. Of course if they develop a habit of throwing things out the windows then all bets are off.

Don’t let them ride with their feet and legs in the aisle. In addition to being a safety issue it gives them access to more students with whom to create opportunities for foolishness. The less foolishness you have on the bus the better off everyone will be. Don’t let them ride backwards. Same issue with safety but additionally it is much more difficult for you to communicate either verbally or with mirror signals to students when all you can see in the mirror is the back of their head.